What is the biggest blue diamond ever found?

World's largest blue diamond, 'exceptionally rare' at 15 carats, sells for $57 million. The world's largest blue diamond now has a price tag to match its rarity. The 15.10-carat diamond, called "The De Beers Cullinan Blue," sold for $57.5 million Wednesday in an auction at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.

What is the largest blue diamond in existence?

Named "The De Beers Cullinan Blue," the massive 15.10-carat step-cut gem sold at Sotheby's in Hong Kong after an eight-minute bidding war among four hopeful buyers, according to Sotheby's.

Was the blue diamond ever found?

The diamond was discovered in April 2021 by Petra Diamonds in the Cullinan mine in South Africa, where it was found as a 39.35 carat rough stone and later jointly purchased by De Beers and Diacore for $40.2 million. The diamond sold at a special standalone auction in Hong Kong.

What is the rarest blue diamond?

The world's largest blue diamond, an extremely rare gem known as “The Oppenheimer Blue Diamond”, sold for a whopping $57.5 million at Christie's Geneva auction on Wednesday night making it the most expensive diamond ever to be sold at auction.

What is yellow diamond?

Yellow diamonds are created through high levels of nitrogen in the jewel and are often preferred for their natural warmth. Yellow diamonds can come with orange, brown, or even green tints in them, adding to their eye-catching qualities. They are considered natural fancy colored diamonds.

World's most valuable blue diamond

How big is the Hope diamond?

At 45.52 carats, it's the largest blue diamond known to exist, and that's after undergoing numerous recuts. In its original form, it was recorded as being 112 carats.

How much is a blue diamond worth?

Blue Diamond Price

The price of a 0.5 carat light blue diamond is $26,280 on average. Deep blue and vivid blue diamonds cost much more—around $75,000 for a 0.25 carat diamond. As you increase in color intensity and carat weight, blue diamond prices extend beyond $100,000, $200,000, and more.

How many carats is the biggest blue diamond?

The world's largest blue diamond now has a price tag to match its rarity. The 15.10-carat diamond, called "The De Beers Cullinan Blue," sold for $57.5 million Wednesday in an auction at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.

How much is the biggest black diamond worth?

LONDON—The world's largest cut diamond, believed to be at least one billion years old, has sold for $4.3 million to an unidentified buyer who opted to pay with cryptocurrency, London-based auction house Sotheby's said.

Did the blue diamond in Titanic exist?

The Heart of the Ocean in the Titanic film is not a real piece of jewellery, but is hugely popular nonetheless. The jewellery is, however, based on a real diamond, the 45.52-carat Hope Diamond.

Was there a big diamond on the Titanic?

Though it seemed like a pretty piece of fiction created by James Cameron, it turns out that there was a diamond and sapphire necklace on board that fatal night, given to a young girl, Kate Florence Phillips, 20, by her married paramour, Henry Samuel Morley, 40.

Where is the Titanic diamond?

The stunning blue diamond is approximately 45.52 carats and is kept at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC.

What's the largest red diamond ever found?

The largest red diamond in the world, the 5.11 carat Moussaieff Red, was discovered in Brazil in the 1990s and is currently owned by jeweler Moussaieff.

Who bought the Cullinan blue diamond?

The winning bid was by Wenhao Yu, Chairman of Jewellery and Watches Department, Asia; for his client with paddle number 101. In the end, it sold for HK$450 million (around US$57.4 million) dollars with buyer's premium – equalling the Oppenheimer Blue Diamond as the most expensive blue diamond ever sold at auction.

Can you get red diamonds?

Red diamonds only exist with one colour intensity, Fancy, although their clarities can range from Flawless to Included, just like white diamonds. The largest and most flawless red diamond is the 5.11 carat Fancy Red Moussaieff Red Diamond, which has internally flawless clarity.

How many blue diamonds are there in the world?

That institute has studied millions of diamonds from around the world. Only a small share of them — about two in every 10,000 — are blue. And only a few blue diamonds have tiny bits of non-diamond material, called mineral inclusions, inside their crystal structure.

What is the world's largest green diamond?

What's the largest green diamond ever discovered? The largest in the world is a 5.03-carat fancy vivid green diamond known as the Aurora Green. It sold at auction at Christie's. It was bought by Chow Tai Fook for $16.8 million, so $3.5 million per carat.

Is a black diamond real?

Black diamonds are real diamonds. Natural diamonds, Carbonados, and treated black diamonds are all found in nature. Unlike natural diamonds and Carbonados, treated black diamonds aren't naturally black, they're treated with heat to get their color.

What is the rarest diamond?

Red diamonds are the rarest and some of the most expensive in the world. Also known as Fancy Reds, they come in a variety of shades ranging from orange-red to brownish red. Majority of the world's red diamonds come from the Argyle Diamond Mine in Australia.

Who owns a blue diamond?

Sold at auction to Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau Luen-hung in November 2015 for his 7-year-old daughter Josephine, one year after he bought the Zoe diamond for his 12-year-old daughter Zoe.

What diamond is pink?

The majority of all pink diamonds mined come from one source in Australia, the Argyle Mine. Argyle Pink Diamonds are so expensive because of the very limited supply. A pink diamond is formed of only carbon like a white diamond, through millions of years in the kimberlite pipes of volcanoes.

Who stole the Hope Diamond?

1791: Wilhelm Fals

The diamond was stolen during the French revolution and re-cut. Wilhelm Fals was a Dutch jeweller who was responsible for cutting the 115-carat diamond to the 45-carat Blue Hope Diamond we see today.