Sotheby’s sold a 555.55-carat Fancy Black Diamond—believed to have come from outer space—for an astronomical $4.3 million at auction on Tuesday
Neville Hopwood/Getty Images for Sotheby's Dubaiotheby’s sold a 555.55-carat Fancy Black Diamond—believed to have come from outer space—for an astronomical $4.28 million at auction on Tuesday. Bidding closed at £3.2 million, excluding buyer’s premium. This diamond will be offered without reserve., as it is known, is the largest cut diamond in the world, according to Guinness World Records, with 55 facets. It weighs more than the Great Star of Africa, , and the Golden Jubilee, .
Traditionally, diamonds are prized for clarity and absence of color. Black carbonados are not normally used in jewelry and mainly used in industrial drilling. But in recent years, several natural black diamonds such as the Black Orlov , the Amsterdam Diamond and now The Enigma have made black diamonds a prized commodity.
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