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...De Beers’ feminine Dewdrop collection features a platinum crown ring (£2,850) that can be stacked with a simple one-carat engagement ring for extra sparkle — or worn alone for an edgier look....
...“She’s got a ring on her that’s worth $25 million; it’s 48 carats.”...
...Six “hero” gems in this year’s 62-stone tender collection — the penultimate — include the 2.24-carat purplish pink Argyle Eternity, the largest fancy vivid round brilliant diamond offered in the tender’s...
...Today, Hirsh’s graphic Ice ring (£23,000) features a central orange-pink 0.32ct Argyle diamond and four corner pink diamonds, while the Infinity ring (price on request) centres on a radiant-cut deep‑purple...
...Hublot’s 39mm-diameter Big Bang One Click Rainbow King Gold in 18ct “King” gold (a redder shade of alloy developed by the brand) is adorned with 473 brilliant-cut stones – blue, orange, pink and yellow sapphires...
...“The 264 pear-shaped marquise, oval and brilliant-cut diamonds in the necklace are articulated one-by-one to achieve unique flexibility,” says Messika. “We had huge demand for that necklace after that....
...Armed with Robert Irwin’s brilliant guide to the Alhambra, we spent hours happily debating the mysteries of the palace....
...“If someone puts a one carat [diamond] on their hand that is mined or a carat and a half that is a created diamond — what makes the biggest difference to them?...
...They had elicited 23 cut and polished diamonds, the largest a 50ct round brilliant, set into a six-piece suite of jewels (above)....
...He said the new Anglo should be made up of copper, diamonds and platinum....
...I have revised that and say the entire economy is open, except for two minerals: diamonds and platinum....
...Highlights include an 18-carat white-gold ring with a cushion-shaped purplish-pink diamond which kisses a five-carat pear-shaped diamond on a bed of small brilliant stones (above)....
...“Whatever we produce in diamonds, 95 per cent gets exported,” he says....
...brilliant-cut diamonds....
...Unshakeably convinced of her own wonderfulness, lady’s maid Ivy fails to see how aggravating she is to others, but still achieves her goal of delivering a mystical diamond to a young aristocrat....
...Graff has used 648 marquise-cut and pear-shaped diamonds, and 105 emeralds, rubies and sapphires in the butterfly wings....
...Mr Bennett’s favourite lot is another coloured gemstone, with an estimated worth of up to $2.75m: a 20.80-carat marquise-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond ring cut in around 1910, claw-set between diamond-embellished...
...This comparative abundance – the term is relative as it is estimated that only one in every 10,000 diamond carats is coloured – helps explain their current rise to prominence....
...The white gold case is set with 30 baguette-cut diamonds and a further 291 round diamonds....
...Apart from the design, a diamond’s sparkle is still all-important, which is why, says De Beers, the one-carat, DIF, round brilliant at about £8,000 is still the classic choice, though the setting now varies...
...Some American tabloids have reported that last year he presented his still-married ex-girlfriend, Michelle Barish, with a “seven-carat emerald-cut diamond ring”, along with a proposal that was declined …...
...The signature dodecagon shape (12-sided) is available in various guises, one of the latest being the 40mm version in white with a bezel set with 66 full cut diamonds weighing 0.94 of a carat....
...At Van Cleef & Arpels the bestsellers, starting from £2,500 for 0.3 carats, are simple round-cut diamonds on platinum bands....
...Then there’s the 50-carat fancy intense yellow diamond mounted as a ring and flanked by two D-flawless whites (£1.3m), and the 2-carat fancy dark green princess- cut diamond, one of 10 in the Leviev collection...
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