- 1691
Exquisite Fancy Red Diamond, Pink Diamond and Diamond Brooch
Description
- coloured diamond, diamond, platinum, pink gold
Condition
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Catalogue Note
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RED SCARLET TRIO
Though gem connoisseurs would agree that all natural fancy coloured diamonds are prodigiously rare, none could remotely challenge red diamonds as the rarest occurrence in nature. The cause of scarlet hue in di♍amonds still remains ꩵa mystery to gemologists and scientists.
Many suggest that it is due to an uncommon deformation in its atomic structure, same as that of its pink counterparts. Indeed, natural diamonds of reddish hue are graded as ‘Fancy Red’ by GIA onl🦹y if they have achieved the highest level of colour with their vibrancy. Red diamonds do not fall into the usual diamond colour grading scale, as the words ‘vivid’ and ‘intense’ are considered superfluous.
Modern sources for red diamonds are Brazil and Australia, yet their discovery are such rare occasions that for the past twenty years, between 1985 to 2014, only thirteen diamonds of the pure red hue were found from the famous Australia Ar🌺gyle mine which is the world’s largest supplier of natural pink diamonds. Some people even claimed that there are only approximately thirty red diamonds known to exist to date, with the majority of them less than half a carat in size.
This brooch, where three of such exquisite red treasures are mounted, represents a singular occasion in which the description ‘rarer than rare’ is an understatement. Th⛎e possibility of owning one red diamond is seemingly unimaginable for many collectors, and to own three of them is truly an opportunity of a lifetime.