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The Blue Empress Diamond
Origin of name
The Blue Empress diamond belonging to the Steinmetz Group of Geneva, is a newly exposed diamond showed to the world in November 2003, at the Harrods Department Store, in London. The name of the diamond no doubt highlights the rare blue color of the diamond but the designation empress appears to indicate the excellent quality of the diamond, which seems to speak that the diamond is an empress along with blue diamonds.
Characteristics of the stone
The Blue Empress diamond is a rare blue diamond, pear-shaped, weighing 14 carats. The color and clearness rating of the diamond are not well-known. The Blue Empress diamond occupies the 8th position in the listing of the known famous blue diamonds.
The Blue Empress diamond is a rare Type IIb diamond, a collection to which all naturally decorated blue diamonds is in the right place. Being Type II, these diamonds are nitrogen-free. Conversely, as an alternative of nitrogen these diamonds have outline quantities of boron as contamination, which alters the assimilation range of the diamond, sourcing the blue color. The occurrence of blue diamonds though it is much less than 0.1 % of all naturally stirring diamonds.
The annual invention of blue diamonds, in the Premier diamond mines of South Africa, the world's major foundation of blue diamonds nowadays, would be sufficient to put the shortage of blue diamonds into proper perspective. It is said that only one significant blue diamond is formed in these mines each and every year out of all the forceful production in the mines for an year. This is an astonishingly low percentage indeed.
History of the diamond
The diamonds as a new innovation do not have any history connected with it, but has the latent to obtain its own mythology and legends as it exceeds down track of posterity.
The diamond without any doubt, must have initiated in the De Beers Premier diamond mines of Transvaal, South Africa, allowing for the time it has made its earliest appearance. The Steinmetz Group must have acquired the diamond from De Beers, and this is established by the news report emerging in the Timesonline of November 22, 2003. Therefore the diamond must have been cut by the master shears of the Steinmetz Group, an important company concerned in all features of the diamond industry, by headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Steinmetz Group has a perfect path record as one of the important diamond cutting companies in the world and has earned the difference of cutting the world famous Millennium Star diamond, the only D-color diamond that is both internally and externally perfect. They are also attributed with cutting the 100.10 carat D-color internally flawless "Star of the Season" diamond, that put a world record by attractive $ 16.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in 1995, which is the top price paid for a diamond at an auction.
According to the news report a spokesperson of the Steinmetz Company had stated that the diamond had previously involved an offer of $ 9 million. The diamond has been set in a necklace finished of 18k white gold and is bordered by some smaller round colorless diamonds. The Blue Empress diamond is thought to be the most exclusive diamond always presented for sale in a European Shop. Harrods Department store, had positioned a value of £ 10million (approximately $ 17 million) for the diamond necklace. It was generally reported around this time in November 2003, that the soccer superstar David Beckham was regarding to buy the diamond necklace for his previous spice girl wife Victoria, for $ 17 million. It was held that the Real Madrid ace required to buy the necklace made of the rare blue diamond "Blue Empress," to go with a $ 3.4 million diamond ring, he purchased for his wife in early November 2003. David was also described to face hard competition from other buyers, who were also involved in the rare gem and the request for the diamond was estimated to end on December 23, 2003.
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