Rare pink diamond sells for $17m

After six minutes of frenzied bidding, one of the world's rarest gem stones - a large pink diamond - has sold at auction in Hong Kong for $17.4 million.

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Rio donates LARGEST ever PINK diamond to Australian Museum

Enlarge Pink colored diamond Mining company Rio Tinto has decided to donate the largest pink diamond ever extracted from the ground to a museum in Australia, where the diamond was discovered, Mining.com reported.   The gem, dubbed the "Argyle Pink Jubilee" after the 26-year-old Argyle diamond mine where it was found, has been cut down from its original rough state of 12.76 carats to its current weight of 8 carats.   Although the rock was originally thought to be worth approximately $12 million, its estimated value has since been downgraded after the polishing process revealed a number of internal imperfections. This reevaluation likely led to the decision to donate the diamond to the Melbourne museum.   Rio Tinto's diamond operations suffered net losses of $76 million in 2011, in part due to infrastructure expenses incurred at the Argyle mine. The company has said that it is considering exiting the diamond industry.

A celebration of an Australian Olympic Volley Baller

In celebration of Natalie Cooks’ 5^th Olympic Games Bruce Robinson Diamonds (New Farm, Brisbane) have created a unique diamond set pendant in recognition of this amazing achievement.

This beautiful diamond pendant, designed by Cameron Robinson and his team, reflects all that is Natalie Cook – elegance, beauty, and a simple clarity. Cameron says “When I saw Nat last year as a motivational speaker in Brisbane, it gave me great inspiration to design this beautiful and rare Argyle Pink Diamond pendant. The design reflects Nat’s achievements for all previous four Olympic Games’, and features an Argyle Pink Diamond highlighting this, her 5^th consecutive Olympic Games”.

 

There are four square princess cut diamonds (an Argyle Yellow diamond for her Gold Medal achievement in the Sydney Olympics, and 3

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The 1st Bruce Robinson Diamonds retail premises 30 November 1969

Coloured Diamonds - Mine to Market

From Mine to Market

Most people don’t realize how long and complicated the journey of a diamond is, from its origin as a rough diamond in the depths of the earth until it reaches the end consumer in its polished form.

Out of the Ground

Most diamonds were formed 200-600 kilometres below the earth’s crust billions of years ago.

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