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Diamond Goal For 2018!💚

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R emember this GIA certified 0.43 ct antique old cut natural color fancy intense green yellow (lime green) VS2 clarity diamond with 'strong green' fluorescence worth $9k?  I'm still interested with it until I just discovered two better options and cheaper options that are also GIA certified! 1. Same color and clarity grade only the cut is different  & one point more & yet this one is like 3 times cheaper! And more cheaper now coz it's on sale! Also they say modern cut natural color diamonds because of their fire & brilliance like this one commands higher price than old cuts who usually lacks fire & brilliance & a fiery and brilliant natural color diamond is an extremely rare thing to own! And this one also have the rare 'strong green' fluorescence making it appear more green in daylight & indoor fluorescent light! 2. And then I stumbled upon something better that I may realistically afford & if you k...

The Most Expensive Pair Of Earrings Sold At Auction!

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Another phenomenal natural color diamonds was sold by Sotheby's recently and this time it is an exquisite pair of trendy mismatched earrings with the highlight or star of the lot is a 14.54 ct fancy vivid blue internally flawless type IIb diamond named the Apollo which sold for $42.1 million dollars or nearly $2.9 million dollars per carat! And a 16 carat fancy intense pink VVS2 type IIa diamond named Artemis which sold for $15.3 million dollars or over $956 million dollars per carat for an astronomically sky high combined total of $57.4 million dollars! Though it fell short for the $70 million dollars previous estimates it would sell for but it still broke world records including the most expensive pair of earrings ever sold at auction!  The anonymous buyer who bid by phone had renamed the diamonds, The Apollo is now named The Memory Of Autumn Leaves and The Artemis is named The Dream Of Autumn Leaves. To be honest I like the former names better but the buyer have nam...