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A fancy deep-blue diamond sets a world record at Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale in London

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A 5.30 carat fancy deep-blue diamond set within a mount pave-set with brilliant-cut diamonds and courses of baguette-cut diamonds that was sold at Bonhams auction house in London on April 24, 2013. An extremely rare blue diamond sold for 6.2 million GBP 9.5 million USD, 7.3 million euros at a London auction on April 24, setting a new world record for price per carat. The fancy deep-blue diamond weighing 5.30 carats sold at Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale in central London for a record 1.8 million USD per carat, beating the previous record of 1.68 million USD. AFP PHOTO / BONHAMS

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$15M iPhone 5 Includes Rare Black Diamond | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

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How much would you pay for a luxury smartphone? Vertu has an Android-based device for $10,000, but that a bargain compared to the $15 million iPhone that’s blinged out with a rare black diamond.

Yes, $15 million for a smartphone. As noted by CNN, a Chinese businessman contacted U.K.-based craftsman Stuart Hughes about his gold iPhones. But the man later revealed that he had a 26-carat black diamond he wanted to incorporate into an iPhone 5.

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BBC News – Princie Diamond: Rare Indian gem sells for $39m

April 17, 2013

The Princie Diamond was purchased by an anonymous collector bidding by phone, Christie’s in New York said. The 34.65 carat diamond’s origin can be traced back to the ancient diamond mines of Golconda in southern India. It once belonged to the royal family of Hyderabad, rulers of one of the wealthiest provinces of Mughal India. [...]

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Petra Diamonds finds rare 25.5 carat blue stone – Telegraph

April 17, 2013

Petra Diamonds has recovered a 25.5 carat blue diamond at its famous Cullinan mine in South Africa that could be worth more than $10m (£6.5m). via Petra Diamonds finds rare 25.5 carat blue stone – Telegraph.

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Designer makes diamond iPhone for £10 million – Times LIVE

April 15, 2013

The phone, which underneath its special shell, is no different from any iPhone in terms of hardware components, was commissioned by an unnamed Chinese businessman as his regular day-to-day handset.Called the Black Diamond because it features a 24-ct black diamond where the home key should be; it also has a solid gold chassis. via Designer [...]

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Woman finds 2.1-caret diamond at Murfreesboro park – Magnolia Reporter – Magnolia, Arkansas News: Regional News

April 13, 2013

The diamond is the traditional birthstone for those who were born in the month of April. How perfect that Andrea Murphy of Gentry, Arkansas, found a 2.10-carat brown diamond Saturday, April 6 while she and her family visited the Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro to celebrate her birthday.According to park interpreter Margi Jenks, [...]

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