Dominion Diamond Mines ULC (“Dominion”) announced the recovery of the largest known gem quality diamond ever found in North America. The 552.74 carats yellow Canadamark™ diamond was unearthed in October 2018 at the Diavik Diamond Mine (“Diavik”), approximately 130 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The find far surpasses the previous record held by the Diavik Foxfire at 187.7 carats, which was also recovered at the same mine in 2015. Dominion

At the 11th International Kimberlite Conference, a report made by senior research scientists at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) believes the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona — the second largest rough diamond ever found — actually weighed at least 2,774 carats before it fractured into five pieces during the sorting process at Lucara's Karowe mine in Botswana in November 2015. Report to be find on this link: http://11ikc.com/long_abstract/11IKC%20Long%20Abstracts/11IKC_46

"A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY" Graff. This week, Graff Diamonds revealed his first hands of 67 diamonds it plans to polish from the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona rough diamond. After a year of analysis followed by the cutting and polishing process has resulted in 67 finished gems, ranging in size from under a carat to in excess of 100 carats from the rough, a Graff Diamonds spokesperson said. Graff is now alerting its clients that they can purchase jewels with

The 5.03-carat “Aurora Green” diamond set two world auction records for a green diamond Tuesday at Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale, selling for 130,040,000.00HKD (=16,735,187.20 USD). Record of being the biggest Fancy Vivid Green Diamond sold, Record for the highest price per carat for a Fancy green diamond. The rectangular-cut Fancy Vivid Green diamond sold for more than $3.3 million per carat. The green diamond, with VS2 clarity mounted on a gold ring surrounde

The Oppenheimer Blue is set to be the largest Vivid Blue diamond ever to appear at auction. Auction house Christie’s is to put the 14.62-carat Oppenheimer Blue diamond under the hammer on May 18 at its Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva. The sale price estimate is between $38- and $45 million. The diamond was owned by Sir Philip Oppenheimer, whose family controlled the De Beers group until it was sold to Anglo American in 2012. Sir Philip was the chairman of the Central Sellin