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‘Ultra-rare’ purple-pink diamond sells for a record $36.7 million – 9Honey
‘Internally flawless’ jewel
An “ultra-rare” purple-pink diamond sold for a record 24.4 million Swiss francs ($36.7m) at an auction in Geneva on Wednesday evening (Thursday morning AEDT).
The 14.83-carat stone, dubbed “The Spirit of the Rose,” is now the most expensive purple-pink diamond ever to sell at auction, according to Sotheby’s.
The sale comes more than three years after the gem was uncovered from a mine in northeast Russia. Taking its name from the 1911 Russian ballet “Le Spectre de la rose,” it was cut from an even…
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