At the auction house, Sotheby's in Geneva sold earrings, which became the most expensive in the world. This is reported by The Telegraph. $ 57 million was paid for decorations.
Earrings are decorated with two pear-shaped diamonds of blue and pink color because of what their cost was different. Both earrings were made from diamonds mined in the mines of South Africa. The blue diamond Apollo was sold for $ 42.5 million, and Artemis for $ 15.5 million. The difference in price is due to the rarity of the stones - pink diamonds are found in nature much more often than blue. The buyer of the treasure chose to remain anonymous.
"The Apollo Blue" weighs 14.5 karats was sold for 42.5 $ million. The stone belongs to the highest category of purity and transparency - "without internal and external defects." It is so rare that only up to 0.5% of the world's diamonds are mined to it. Its uniqueness lies also in the fact that only 0.1% of natural diamonds of blue color can be found in the world.
The second diamond "Artemis Pink" (The Artemis Pink) - a precious stone weighing 16 karats, but it has a purity rating slightly lower than the "Apollo". It is also rare, it owns about 2% of the diamonds mined. That's why the cost of a diamond is several times lower, but it was sold for an impressive $ 15.5 million.
Due to the exceptional rarity of these diamonds, the earrings were put up for sale in two separate lots.
"These colored diamonds are extremely rare, and each of them is an adorable stone in itself. When they are together, they are simply breathtaking, "said David Bennett, Chairman of the International Jewelry Department of the auction house.
In early April, at auction in Hong Kong with a hammer went a rare diamond "Pink Star" weighing 59.6 karats (about 11.8 grams). He was sold for 71 million dollars. Read more in the article "The Pink Star" - a diamond for $ 60 million. "