Monday, April 27, 2009

The Millennium Star - The Stars in the Beginning 21st Century



This new Stars is a diamond to mark the coming new millennium in the world diamond industry. Found by the excavator in the district of Mbuji Mayi, Zaire Africa, later purchased by De Beers company that recognizes the scarcity of direct and beautiful diamonds which are not be sharpened. Prices for the Millennium Star can not be determined because too high. This diamond cut for three years by a team with a diamond cutter laser cutter. The result is extraordinary diamonds without disability and without scratches outside and inside a bit. By De Beers diamond company, Millennium Stars made one of the main collection of stones from a series of collections of diamonds De Beers Millennium pride. Read More...

Friday, April 24, 2009

The Orloff - Unreply Love



Diamonds according to the legend are sized 300 rust when first found in India, shining verdure, formed according to the model with the 'discount roses' Mogul. According to the story was brilliant this is one of the diamonds which is the eye of the god Vishnu statue which is located in the temple of Sri Rangen. In the years around 1700 diamond is stolen by a French soldier who masquerade as a Hindu. He stole one of the eyes of the gods, fled, and sell them on a boat captain with berkebangsaan UK price 2000 pounds. Name Orloff obtained after diamonds are located in Amsterdam.

Russian nobleman named grigori Orloff is a former paramour Russian Tsarina Catherine the Great that the story has many lovers. Means want to take back the hearts of the lovers, Count Orloff diamond after hearing the story with the purchase price is 90,000 pounds and presents to the Tsarina. Catherine the Great are happy to receive it, and install the Orloff diamond rod kingdom. But what would the word, love the Tsarina he can not get it again. Although the Tsarina and the award to the marble palace Count Orloff, the countess did not bear the power of his heart that disappointed. The Orloff is currently residing in Moscow as one of the State property.
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Burton Taylor - Two Stars's Love Story

Who did not know Elizabeth Taylor? Legendary Hollywood movie stars who are also may be spelled-even obsessed - by the jewelry collections of assets. Even a book was published with the title "My Love Affair with Jewelery. Richard Burton Elizabeth Taylor main couples in the film Cleopatra as Mark Anthony's love story further forward them to the hot stage wedding, divorced, and married again a year later, and divorced again.

Taylor Burton diamond is a diamond with a beautiful model and pear fruit slices that is so incredible . House won the Cartier diamond jewelry from the auction for $ 1,050,000. Told that the auction winner is entitled to have his name on the diamond. A day a new name Cartier, Richard Burton purchased the diamond price closed. The Burton Taylor First movie look at the birthday party of daughter Grace in Monaco to 40. This diamond looks spectacular necklace hanger as Elizabeth Taylor, with a size of 69.42 carat, pear-shaped with incredible faset
In 1978 following a divorce and the death of Richar Burton, Elizabeth Taylor aucted The Burton Taylor with the aim to build a hospital in Botswana's sales results. Is Published that to check for any potential prospective buyers are charged $ 2500! Because saking to indicate the high cost and security required by the diamonds. Finally a year later sold the diamond with a price more than $ 3 million to the diamond traders from Saudi Arabia, Robert Mouawad.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

The Blue Hope - Beauty of the tragedy

The Blue diamonds that are very beautiful. Surrounded by small diamonds as much as 16 grains, and depends on the chain of 45 diamonds with white diamonds. Rare stone with size 44 rust is very famous because of a bad reputation because it is considered to bring misfortune on anyone who has ever been. Somehow is there a relationship with it bloody story of , seems a premonition, this blue diamonds refract the strange light red and unique it was lighten with ultra violet.

The story of the bright blue that was named 'Blue Diamond of the Crown "or" French Blue "by Louis XIV, came from old mines in India, and sold by a trader in the year 1668 to the French king Louis XIV. Installed with gold and tied the ribbon to install in the neck, the King often used this diamond with pride on official occasions. Then the tragic story begins in the late 17th century when the next owner of Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette got end of life with a grisly death by a knife cut on the Guillotine on French revolution.The Blue is published have lost stolen during the revolution and beginning the year 1800 there is mention that the diamond is owned by British King George IV. After the king died diamonds sold to join this get even the King! And purchased by Henry Hope Phillipe in the year 1830 and the name used to designate the Blue.

Bad reputation, was more owned by this Blue Diamond from France when Hope family died in a poor and miserable. The next heir to Sir Francis Hope The Hope for selling completely bankrupt due their hobby with gamble. Business guy from New York, Simon Frankel purchased in the year 1901, and then switch hands to the broker of France, Jacques Colot. But bad luck still continue because Colot to be mad and died because of suicide. Override the tragic story of a double diamond loan from the Russian prince, Ivan Kanitowsky. That woman shots until dead at the time of first time use. The Prince alone stabbed to death by a revolutionary. Greek jewelry sellers who sell on the Sultan of Turkey, died ad slammed in the canyon when he drove his car with his wife and son.

Myth or not, diamonds continue to switch hands. Mentioned that the researchers stressed that the tragic story of the Hope is a story spread by Pierre Cartier - who said that the diamond is to bring unluck to anyone who has, even to the everyone that only touch it!. Mrs. McLean's American, daughter of Thomas F. Walsh a rich gold mine because it refused to believe the curse of stone is diamond. However, he eventually own bitter experience that fate because their son who died by accident on aged 9 years old, her husband became a drunkard and died mad in the mental hospital. Daughter the only one who died aged 25 years also due overdosis drugs. Ms Mclean very own hit by tragedy and died not long after the sadness drag the have.

At this time the blue Hope diamond was donated to the Smithsonian Institute by famous jewelry company Harry Winston. After the company for 10 years for organizing the exhibition Blue Diamond with other famous noble stone.
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