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Posted on December 3, 2007. Filed under: accessories, Carats, Diamonds, Gold, yellow gold |
Gold Stool retailed at $1.3 mn
At a jewelry shop based in east of China’s Jiangsu province, we saw an item made of gold. Do you know what it is? A Gold Stool, purely made in gold tub and weigh 50 kg. My senses cannot find an answer for why this pricey piece of furniture is being created as information regarding its sales are not available. The retailed at $1.3 million, the stool captures all my attention but restricts me to sit on it. Do you want to buy one and use it?
Saddam Hussein watch that is made of gold and diamonds
Do you know who is Saddam Hussein? He is a well-known personality and was dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, when his regime was overthrown by a United States-led invasion. As we know, he likes jewelry accessories specially expensive watch , pen and sunglasses. It is Saddam Hussein, bling accessories. As told by Haitham Wihaib’s. The belongings of Saddam Hussein are now set for auction.
Wihaib disclosed that Saddam’s items put on sale viz. a custom-made gold and diamond Rolex (£100,000), Dior sunglasses (£6,000) and also a Cartier pen (£2,500) that was used to sign death warrants by Saddam were once owned by the renowned Iraqi tyrant. Wihaib is hopeful to generate sales of £350,000 ($7, 14,675) from this auction and contribute the same towards Iraqi schools.
Bejeweled Bra made of 630 grams Gold and 7.5 carats diamonds?
Desire to clothe it?
This affordable bra is for rich people who has luxurious desires for expensive accessories like this unique gold and diamond studded two piece set. A Chinese looking for luxurious bra ended with this elite bra made of 7.5 carats of South African diamonds and 630 grams of pure gold. This bejeweled bra can be an ultimate tool for the men to impart their beloved with something even they will relish.
Gold TRI Marker: World’s Most Expensive Marker:
If you are a golfer, you may know what is TRI Marker?. It is a patented marker alarms the golfer about the head lengths to remark. It can also used as a symbol of fashion by inserting a lustrous platinum chain, making a gorgeous neckpiece out of it. TRI Marker is different from usual patented mark, because it was made of gold. Tri Mark Golf, an established name in the realm of designing of Luxury golf ball markers has lately unveiled its new $10,500 Executive Series “TRI Marker.”
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Posted on December 3, 2007. Filed under: Carats, clothing, Diamonds, pearls, White Gold |
A wedding is an expensive occasion for the most humble bride and groom. Do you imagine wearing the most expensive wedding gown in the world? And you could be the happiest bride in the world..
Jeweler Martin Katz and dressmaker Renee Strauss teamed up to create the most expensive wedding dress on record, featuring a stunning 150 carats worth of diamonds laced throughout the dress. Do you know that it is worth a $12 million ? From diamond laced veil, diamond shoes plus the bling factor. The wedding dress hasn’t been sold and willing to discuss for a sale.
Another collection is the Yumi Katsura’s design, valued at $8.5 million. This is the second most expensive wedding dress that features 1,000 pearls and one of the world’s only two 5 carat white gold diamonds.
The world’s most expensive wedding gown was premier at the Luxury Brands Lifestyle Bridal show in February of 2006. Later in the year, Dubai’s Fashion & Diamonds show also featured a gown touted as the world’s most expensive wedding dress.
The diamond wedding gown (courtesy of The Diamond Blog)
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Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Carats, Diamond |
The Jubilee Diamond, originally known as the Reitz Diamond is a colourless, flawless, clear white cushion-shaped diamond weighing almost 651 carats in rough form. It was found in the Jaegersfontein mine in South Africa in 1895. It was originally named after Francis William Reitz, the then president of the Orange Free State where the stone was discovered
A consortium of diamond merchants from London purchased it along with its even larger sister, the Excelsior, in 1896, and sent it to Amsterdam where it was polished by M.B. Barends. A 40 carat chunk was removed, which itself yielded a 13.34 pear-shaped gem eventually purchased by Dom Carlos I of Portugal.
Later on, it was faceted into a cushion brilliant of about 245 carats in 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, from which it takes its name. “Excelsior diamond”, until the discovery of the Cullinan diamond in 1905, the world’s largest-known uncut diamond. When found by a worker loading a truck in the De Beers mine at Jagersfontein, Orange Free State, on June 30, 1893, the blue-white stone weighed about 995 carats. After long study the Excelsior diamond was cut (1904) by I.J. Asscher and Company of Amsterdam into 21 stones ranging in weight from less than 1 carat to more than 70 carats.
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Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Blue Diamond, Carats, Crystal, Gemstone, Jewel, Sapphire |
The unusual
Blue diamond that became the Hope, appeared in Europe in 1669 and is believed to be from Golconda. It is
sapphire-blue gemstone and one of the largest blue diamonds known. The 45.52 carat steel blue Hope Diamond was found in India back in remote times as a rough crystal weighing 112 carats.
The stone was brought to France by the jewel trader Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and purchased by Louis XIV in 1668 as part of the French crown jewels. This stone, later called the French Blue, was recut into a 67-carat heart in 1673 and disappeared after the crown-jewel robbery of 1792 , possibly reappearing in Spain 7 years later. According to the legend, a curse befell the large, blue diamond when it was stolen from an idol in India – a curse that foretold bad luck and death not only for the owner of the diamond but for all who touched it. Whether or not you believe in the curse, the Hope diamond has intrigued people for centuries. Its perfect quality, its large size, and its rare color make it strikingly unique and beautiful.
Later on, a dark blue diamond appeared in London in 1812 and is reputed to weigh “above 44cts”. It aquired its name from Henry Philip Pope a banker, It was displayed in 1851 and 1855 but was sold in 1901. It was sold again in 1909 and again in 1910, by Cartier who had repoished it and set it.The new owner, a Mrs McLean immediately had the stone blessed. At her death in 1947 it was valued at $176,920 Harry Winston purchased the stone in 1949 and he presented it to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. in 1958
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Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Carats, Cullinan Diamond, Diamond, Excelsior Diamond |
On the evening of June 30, 1893, an African mine worker picked up an immense
diamond in a shovelful of gravel which he was loading into a truck; he hid it from his overseer and delivered it directly into the hands of the mine manager. The diamond was discovered in the Jagersfontein mine in the Orange River Colony. The lucky Kaffir was rewarded he received $2500 and a horse equipped with saddle and bridle. The diamond had a
blue-white tint and weighed 971 3/4 carats (194.2 g) or equivalent to 995.2 metric carats
The shape the diamond stone was flat on one side and rose to a peak on the other, rather like a loaf of rye bread. Apparently it was this fact which caused the diamond to be given the name of Excelsior, meaning higher. The stone was ultimately named the Jubilee in honour of the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the accession of the late Queen Victoria.
Until 1905, when the larger Cullinan diamond was found, the Excelsior was the largest known diamond in the world. The rough stone weighed 971 3/4 carats, measured two and one-half inches in length, two inches in breadth, and one inch in thickness.
Like the Cullinan Diamond, its predecessor had a fault that prevented its becoming a single
gem; this was a black spot in the centre which made it necessary to cleave it, as the Cullinan was cleaved. After prolonged study it was decided to first cleave the diamond into ten pieces: this operation which was performed by Mr. A. Asscher, resulting in the three largest pieces weighing 158, 147 and 130 carats. The larger portion was cut into an absolutely perfect brilliant, weighing 239 international carats of 205 milligrams and measuring one and five-eighths inches in length, one and three-eighths in breadth, and one inch in depth.
The polishing was supervised by Henry Koe and yielded 21 gems, ranging from 70 carats to less than 1 carat. They totalled 373.75 carats which represented a loss in weight of almost 63 percent. The final result, however, was considered to have been better than anyone had expected. The specifications of the larger gems cut from the Excelsior are as follows:
(metric carats)
Excelsior I … 69.68 carats … pear shape
Excelsior II … 47.03 carats … pear shape
Excelsior III … 46.90 carats … pear shape
Excelsior IV … 40.23 carats … marquise
Excelsior V … 34.91 carats … pear shape
Excelsior VI … 28.61 carats … marquise
Excelsior VII … 26.30 carats … marquise
Excelsior VIII … 24.31 carats … pear shape
Excelsior IX … 16.78 carats … pear shape
Excelsior X … 13.86 carats … pear shape
Excelsior XI … 9.82 carats … pear shape
The Excelsior
gems were sold seperately, three of them were bought by Tiffany & Co., in their old store in Union Square in New York City. The names of the other buyers have not been disclosed but it is known that De Beers displayed one of the marquise-shaped fragments at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.
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Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Carats, Centenary Diamond, Diamond |
The Centenary Diamond was discovered in the Premier Mine on July 17, 1986 using their X-ray imaging system. It is the world’s third-largest, modern-cut perfect diamond that possesses 599 carats in rough form. The Gemological Institute of America has certified Centenary Diamond with a color grade as D color. This is supposed to be the highest grade of colorless diamond.
The original rough was presented on May 11, 1988 in the Centennial Celebration of the De Beers Consolidated Mines. As then-chairman Julian Oglivie Thompson said, “We have recovered at the Premier Mine a diamond of 599 carats (119.8 g) which is perfect in color – indeed it is one of the largest top-color diamonds ever found. Naturally it will be called the Centenary Diamond.”
The Centenary is characterized with 75 faces on the pinnacle, 89 on the base and 83 on the girdle that forms a total of 247 facets. In recent times, the diamond has been placed as an element of the British Crown Jewels.
The complete version of the Centenary diamond was unveiled in February 1991 and comprises a body mass of 273.85 carats (54.770 g) with proportions computing to 39.90 × 50.50 × 24.55 mm. The complete gem statistics consists of 247 facets with 164 on the stone and 83 on the girdle. The stone was indemnified at over US$100 million at the time of its unveiling ceremony during May 1991. The recent fact about the stone is that it was loaned to the Tower of London where it was on exhibition for a number of years.
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Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Carats, Diamond, Gemstone, Jewel |
Regent diamond, also called Pitt Diamond, a brilliant-cut stone with a slight blue tinge that once was the outstanding gem of the French crown jewels; it is said to have been discovered by a slave in the Parteal Mines (also spelled ‘Partial’) on the Kistna River of India about 1701 and weighed 410 carats in rough form. The slave stole the enormous rough concealing it in bandages of a self-inflicted leg wound, and fled to the seacoast. There, he divulged his secret to an English sea captain, offering him half the value of the stone in return for safe passage to a free country. But during the voyage to Bombay, temptation overcame this seafaring man and he murdered the slave took th diamond. After selling it to an Indian diamond merchant named Jamchund for about $5000, the captain squandered the proceeds in dissipation and, in a fit of remorse and delirium tremens, hanged himself.
In 1702, Jamchund sold the stone for about $100,000 to Sir Thomas Pitt, British governor in Madras, who was the grandfather of William Pitt of American Revolutionary fame. Known to historians as the “Elder Pitt,” William was the British Prime Minister for whom Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was named. Thomas Pitt published a letter in the London Daily Post to counter rumours that he had stolen the gem. The stone was cut to a 141-carat cushion brilliant called the Pitt diamond and was purchased in 1717 by the Duke of Orleans, regent of France, from which it gets the name Regent.
The royals used the stone in many ways including being set in the Crown of Louis XV, as a hair ornament of Queen Marie and as an adornment in the hat of Marie Antoinette. After the French Revolution the stone was set in the hilt of Napoleon Bonaparte’s sword. Napoleon’s wife, Marie Louisa, carried the Regent back to Austria upon his death. Later her father returned it to the French Crown Jewels. Today, it remains in the French Royal Treasury at Louvre.
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Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Carats, Diamond, Diamond Dress, Jewelry |
Chris Aire isn’t the only one who makes diamond dresses. Recently a store in Osaka, Japan displayed an evening dress decorated with 2,000 diamonds. The dress is blue silk festooned with 300 carats of diamonds and sells for approximately 200 million yen (around $1.795 million).
Blingmaster Chris Aire Plans Second Jewelry Show
Blingmaster Chris Aire is planning to host his second annual jewelry fashion show at New York’s Fashion Week. Last year he turned heads by draping Naomi Campbell in a red gold halter. Chris Aire is the only show designed to just display jewelry and his pieces draw heavily on the use of his trademark red gold. This year’s headturners will include a short dress made of red gold with platinum and diamonds and a full-length red gold and diamond dress. There will also be a red gold hat of more than 10,000 individual links. Aire will also debut his new colored stones collection which also uses red gold. There will also be a surprise musical guest who will perform using a 1940s microphone covered in diamonds.
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Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Carats, Diamond, White Gold |
Guinness World Records certifies this GoldVish phone as the most expensive in the world–1 million euros, or about $1.3 million. The odd-shaped device is made out of 18-carat white gold and features 1,800 diamonds totaling 120 carats. A Russian businessman bought Le Million for his wife last September at a luxury goods fair in Cannes, France. Don’t have a spare million for this made-by-request gadget? Geneva-based GoldVish has plenty of expensive phones in its lineup, including models with gold plating and diamond-studded cases.
Last year, Vertu teamed up with French jeweler Boucheron to make the second-most-expensive phone on our list, a limited-edition series of eight $310,000 handsets sporting red, jewel-encrusted snakes. The Signature Cobra includes two diamonds, two emerald eyes and 439 rubies snaking around an 18-carat rose gold case.
Like most of the phones on our list, Vertu’s devices are fairly standard, “unlocked” handsets compatible with any wireless carrier whose networks use a calling technology called GSM–in the U.S., that’s AT&T, formerly Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile, a division of Deutsche.
Wireless both use a competing technology that’s not compatible.) Vertu phones also include a direct-dial button to a concierge service, which can help with travel information, restaurant tips and events.
While some manufacturers flaunt diamonds, others are showcasing phone cases made from rare, antique wood. The pitch is that the varying grain patterns make each handset truly unique. Russia’s Gresso boasts that its Black Aura handsets are 200 years old–the age of the African Blackwood on each phone’s case. Canada’s Mobiado says it has sold through its 200-unit run of the $2,200 jet-black Professional EM, made from ebony wood and hard-anodized aluminum with titanium buttons.
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