Most Expensive Cut Diamond Ever

The princie was discovered over 300 years ago in the famous golconda mine in india.

Most expensive cut diamond ever.

The most popular cut for diamond engagement rings is also the priciest. The moussaieff red diamond is 5 11 carats 1 022 g diamond with triangular brilliant cut that rated as fancy red in colour by the gemologial institute of america gia. The moussaieff red diamond 8. The winston blue was the top lot of the sale which reaped in a total of 154 1 million and broke another four world records.

Sotheby s is set to auction off a 102 carat diamond that could become the most expensive jewel ever sold to an online bidder. Golden jubilee diamond this diamond weighs 755 5 carat and is yellowish brown in colour. Although moussaieff is relatively small compared to other expensive diamond this is the largest fancy red ever rated by gia. The round brilliant has the most facets of any shape which require more precision work and cutters have to discard more of the rough diamond so you essentially pay for a larger stone than you end up with.

Radiant cut diamonds are the rectangular and square diamonds that are very beautiful and brilliant as well. One of the largest diamond costing 4 12 million usd this diamond was presented to the king of thailand. It is considered that these cuts of expensive stones are called princess cut diamonds because of their style. The following are top 10 expensive and best cut of diamonds in the world.

Flawless round diamond solitaire engagement ring 1 63 ct. Weighing in at a massive 105 6ct the most expensive diamond in the world is oval shaped. Because so much of the rough diamond goes to waste during the cutting process round diamonds are the most expensive diamond shape to produce and that impacts the price even more than the demand. The diamond was sold at christie s geneva magnificent jewels sale in may 2014 for about 23 8 million breaking the world record for the world s most expensive blue diamond.

Weighing in at 34 65 carats the princie is the most expensive golconda diamond ever sold. Steeped in mystery and legend the stone is believed to have been mined in india in the 1300s. And it s not just because it s the most in demand.