Diamond & Jewellery Chat at the House of Monroe Yorke

A family of five rare exceptional blue diamonds unearthed from the Cullinan mine in South Africa. The diamonds range on size from 25.75 to 9.61 carats. The Letlapa Tala Collection sold at auction in November 2020 for US$40.36 million (AU$53 million).

How things are done in 2021. Shailene Woodley announced her engagement to football player Aaron Rodgers on a virtual episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

A natural heart shaped amethyst and rock crystal quartz formation was discovered at the Santa Rosa mine in Uruguay.

Lucara Diamond Corp has unearthed a massive 998 carat high white diamond from its Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. This is one of the top 5 largest diamonds ever discovered.

Sotheby’s is expected to sell 'The Spirit of the Rose' - a 14.83 carat, vivid pink, internally flawless, type IIa pink diamond, at its November 2020 sale for an estimated AU$53 million. This is the largest vivid pink diamond ever to appear at auction.

A very big leap for globally consistent diamond grading standards. The International Standards Organization (ISO) has sanctioned its very first grading standards for polished diamonds in an effort to achieve uniformity among diamond grading laboratories.

Letšeng Diamond Mine in Lesotho has found this years largest high quality Type II diamond. A 442 carat beauty !!

James Bond movie actress Ana de Armas unveiled as the new celebrity star of fresh diamond campaign which was debuted at Emmy Awards 2 days ago.

Extremely rare type IIb BLUE diamonds unearthed from the famous Cullinan diamond mine in South Africa. All in found within one week.

Yet again, Graff stuns the world with a brand new creation, the Hallucination ladies watch.  It will be unveiled at the Basel watch and jewellery fair today.

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