Mon, 14 Jan 2013

11:11 PM - Lesotho Promise Diamond Necklace

  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.

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