This century
discovered the world's largest diamond - the "Lesotho Promise
diamond
Jewelry
Accessories
, after 18 months
of cutting, grinding, and finally the embodiment of such promises
as beautiful and pure as a necklace.
Whether you
believe it or not, the beginning of the legend is always
accompanied with dull. In Lesotho in the south of the African
continent, an ancient name of the Letseng diamond mine. At first it
was closed in 1982 by the De Beers mining once dormant for 22
years. When the new owner Gem Diamond Company re here to continue
mining after two years, one day in August 2006, a women working in
the mine here picked up a huge diamond.
"She was a person
stay in the sorting plant, and then suddenly screamed, everyone
thought she was the presence of an electric shock in the" Gem
diamond company president Clifford Elphick in a media interview on
October 9, 2006 performance quite humorous. His good mood of
course, because the day the Fengyun weighing 603 carats of diamonds
are successfully sold price of $ 12,360,000. "We will be named the
diamond 'Lesotho Promise'," Lesotho Minister of Natural Resources
said Mamphono Khaketia. "Was intentional so named in order to allow
people the other hand, this has been abandoned mines to keep his
promise could be so, we are committed to future found the diamond
of the same or even better. "somewhere," Lesotho Promise "really
continue to honor the Letseng diamond mine in 2007 and 2008,
respectively, each mining a 450 kt diamond.
After three months
of expert scanning identification, the the pristine "Lesotho
Promise," was identified as a D grade. "After cutting the final
price is not estimated, but the total value of more than 20 million
U.S. dollars." Johnny Cornell, an expert of the South African
diamond company is very optimistic about the "Lesotho Promise".
These rare treasures in the bag British jewelry
Mens
Cufflinks magnate Laurence Graff: "I will not the diamonds
say no." Lawrence has the title of "King of Diamonds" as early as
"Lesotho Promise," has just been uncovered get the message,
followed by ambitious, he beat 13 competitors in the diamond center
of Antwerp, Belgium, on behalf of the South African diamond company
Graff Group's buy quickly. The outside critical of the excessively
high price of $ 12 million, Lawrence filled Quedui own investment
confidence: "Good things not cheap."
Next, the sonic
booms World Lawrence paid a very high price for this "promise".
Complex shape cutting work of unprecedented difficulty the
slightest mistake Masterpieces treasures will be turned into a
useless flue dust. The first phase of the cutting work, experts use
CT for the entire original stone pieces the drawing analysis -
including its internal structure and even texture. Next, via a
35-member team for a long time fighting last Fengyun 603 kt
original stone
Brooches
Jewelrycut into 26 different shapes of diamonds with a total
weight of 223.35 kt. Subsequently, 26 small 0.5 kt as large as 76
carats of diamonds, were anonymously sent to the GIA for
certification. GIA technical guidance, John King, said: "The
ability to cut out so much of flawless diamonds, enough to be
reflected in its a perfect preliminary program and cutting grinding
technology. Precious not only because Masterpieces hard to find, so
pondering a treasure skill equally extraordinary. "Lesotho
Promise," his breakthrough moment has finally arrived, Lawrence
excited: "This is a historic moment, never a rough diamond can cut
out a 26 D flawless diamond!"
Recently, Graff
finally show the world a piece of rare treasures most perfect
posture - 26 Diamond made an equally called "Lesotho Promise"
necklace.