{"id":6320,"date":"2022-03-11T22:11:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T22:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleanorigin.com\/blog\/?p=6320"},"modified":"2025-05-30T05:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:06:55","slug":"most-expensive-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat.cleanorigin.com\/blog\/most-expensive-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Expensive Diamond in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What’s the most expensive diamond in the world? The answer to that question isn’t as simple as you might think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diamonds can be pricy, especially when you’re shopping for the perfect diamond engagement ring<\/a>. After all that shopping, you may be curious about the most expensive diamonds in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From blue diamonds to yellow diamonds<\/a> and white diamonds, the rarest diamonds can sell for millions and millions of dollars. In the vast diamond industry, there are many diamonds that stand out for their flawless character and uncanny size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Do Diamonds Come From?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Diamonds form deep in the Earth when carbon experienced intense temperature and pressure. They can take anywhere from days to millions of years to form. This is a geological process, so naturally, all diamonds are not created the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the diamonds form, diamond mining companies extract, cut, and polish the diamonds. Then, they’re ready to sell as set diamond jewelry like engagement rings or diamond pendants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some steps like cutting and polishing a rough diamond that can change the value of the diamond, but most of a diamond’s value comes from its natural characteristics. Since we can’t control how diamonds form, diamonds with near-perfect qualities are very rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Are Diamonds Priced?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Several factors relating to their characteristics determine diamond prices<\/a>. The most important factors for diamond pricing are cut<\/a>, color<\/a>, clarity<\/a>, and carat weight<\/a>. The better the rating on each of these scales, the more expensive the diamond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scales for determining a diamond’s value and pricing are extensive and can be complex. Check out our guide to diamond pricing<\/a> for more details on cut, color, and clarity grades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carat weight refers to how much the diamond weighs. This measure is also usually related to size. Diamonds with a larger carat weight are bigger and rarer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, diamond engagement rings feature a diamond of 0.5 to 2 carats<\/a>. In comparison to the diamond on your engagement ring, the most expensive diamonds in the world can be more than one hundred times that size!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Make Diamonds Expensive?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Diamonds themselves are not super rare. However, not all diamonds are of gem quality. Finding diamonds that are large and have no flaws<\/a> is difficult. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another reason mined diamonds are expensive is labor. The process of extracting diamonds from mines is very lengthy and labor-intensive. Many hands have to touch a diamond before it is ready for sale. This drives the price up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market also affects diamond prices. Diamond engagement rings became popular when De Beers created campaigns to encourage men to spend at least two months’ salary on a diamond engagement ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World’s Most Expensive Diamonds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of diamonds in the world that have become famous due to their extraordinary qualities. The most famous diamonds are very large and internally flawless. Many of them are colored diamonds<\/a> as well. Experts estimate the worth of these expensive diamonds, but they often don’t agree on the exact value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priceless Diamonds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about these famous historical gemstones and why they’re impossible to price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Koh-I-Noor Diamond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Also referred to as The Mountain of Light Diamond, diamond experts often say that this diamond is the most expensive in the world. This diamond is one of the largest in the world, currently weighing 1065.6 carats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was first found in a mine in India thousands of years ago. Then, the diamond made its way through various Indian regimes. When Great Britain annexed India, the diamond ended up as part of the British Crown Jewels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prince Albert cut the 186 carat stone to its current weight. The British Royal Family has passed it down from family member to family member. It’s currently is on display at the Tower of London as the central diamond of the Queen Mother’s Crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sancy Diamond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Sancy Diamond is a pale yellow diamond and weighs 55.23 carats. The diamond’s cut, which is the shape of a shield, is unusual based on Western standards. The unique diamond supposedly once have belonged to the Mughals, but the uncommon shape suggests it’s of Indian origin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Louvre purchased the diamond in 1978. Visitors can see the brilliant stone on display in the Apollo Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cullinan Diamond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Cullinan Diamond is the largest rough diamond ever discovered. When Frederick Wells found it in 1900s South Africa, the diamond weighed 3,106 carats. Then, Joseph Asscher & Co cut it into nine separate diamonds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The largest cut became the Cullinan I, weighing 530.2 carats. Cullinan I is the largest clear-cut diamond in the world. The Cullinan I or Great Star of Africa is part of the head of the Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cullinan II or Second Star of Africa now resides on the front of the Imperial State Crown. All nine diamonds from the Cullinan belong to the Crown Jewels of Great Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hope Diamond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Hope Diamond is believed to have been mined in India in the 1600s. King Louis XIV bought the Hope Diamond in 1668. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1791, the diamond was stolen during the French Revolution. Dutch jeweler Wilhelm Fals recut the diamond into the 45-carat Blue Hope Diamond we know today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry Winston bought the diamond in 1949 and donated it to the Smithsonian Institution, which displays the diamond at the National Museum of Natural History. The Smithsonian insures the Hope Diamond for $250 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diamond is a blue diamond and has a cushion cut.<\/a> It weighs 45.52 carats. There is a legend that the Hope Diamond is cursed because of the misfortune it brought upon its previous owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Centenary Diamond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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