Jewelry

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Celebrity Jewelry

Scarlett Johansson Engagement Ring 

After confirming her engagement to Ryan Reynolds, Scarlett Johansson slipped on her diamond solitaire ring before attending the Gala. The white/silver shimmer of her ring, her bracelet and the clutch she carried looked perfect against her Dolce & Gabbana gown.

Scarlett Johansson's engagement ring finger flashed a large diamond solitaire at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Annual Costume Institute Gala on May 5, 2008. Fiancé Ryan Reynolds wasn't at the event. The gown in the background is by Dolce & Gabbana.

 

 

Nicole Kidman Wearing Diamond Sautoir Necklace

Nicole Kidman's rope-like sautoir necklace is reportedly set with 7600+ diamonds of different types, including rough, faceted, and polished stones. The piece was designed by L'Wren Scott and overall it contains about 1400 carats of diamonds. 




Amy Adams Carrying Fred Leighton Bag and Wearing Proenza Schouler Gown

Amy Adams wore a deep-green satin gown by Proenza Schouler. Her tiny gold Fred Leighton bag was a perfect match for Amy's look, even though she wasn't carrying anything inside of it. 

 

 

 

 

Heidi Klum in Long Earrings and Red Galliano Gown

Heidi Klum's custom-made Galliano gown will be given away in the Diet Coke Red Dress Sweepstakes, part of an awareness program between CocaCola and The Heart Truth campaign to raise awarness about heart disease in women.

Ms. Klum's long earrings were a combination of pinks and reds to sync with her dress and the pink bag she carried. I heard a few commentators dissing that purse because it didn't "match" the gown. Maybe that was the point. She looked gorgeous.

 

 

 


Monday, April 9, 2012

Diamond Cars

Bugatti Veyron Diamond Edition Collectible Car Miniature

The impressive miniature of  Bugatti Veyron scaled at 1:18 was designed by Stuart Hughes in collaboration with Robert Gulpen. The luxury gadgets designer and jeweler and the specialist in collectible car miniatures created the Bugatti Veyron Diamond Edition using 24ct solid gold, platinum and 7.2ct single-cut flawless diamond.
It is available in a limited edition of only three pieces and each car was developed in about two months in high detail, weighing 7Kg.

Bugatti Veyron Diamond Edition miniature cars come with certification of authenticity, aluminum case, glass house and documentation photos of the manufacturing process.

diamond car special order for prince walid bin talal...it costs US$.4.8 million

Prince Walid is a mover and shaker, owns a part of Fox News, largest shareholder in CitiGroup inc., the world's largest bank, owner of The Savoy in Paris, large shareholder in AOL. UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention that this car couldn't possibly be totally covered in diamonds and only cost $4.8 million. So I did a search and found a blog post about an Austrian company that makes vehicles covered in a mix of diamonds and Swarovski crystals. Although Karl Seelos as head of the team (said) that the customers remain anonymous and (he was) unwilling to reveal the real prices, obviously the Prince had to brag about his 'diamond car'




White Gold Bentley




Sunday, April 1, 2012

The 10 Most Extravaganza Diamonds

The Allnatt Diamond : $ 3 Millions
most expensive diamond the allnatt diamondThis diamond is named after Major Alfred Ernest Allnatt. He was one of the holders of the diamond. The Allnatt diamond has size of 101.29 carat (20.258 g) with a cushion cut. The diamond color is rated as fancy vivid Yellow by the Gemological Institute of America. No one know precisely where the diamond was found. But some expert say that the diamond was found where the De Beers premier diamond mine now located.










The Moussaieff Red Diamond : $ 7 Millions
most expensive diamond The Moussaieff Red diamondThe Moussaieff Red Diamond is 5.11 carats (1.022 g) diamond with triangular brilliant cut that rated as Fancy Red in colour by the Gemologial Institute of America (GIA). Although Moussaieff is relatively small compared to other expensive diamond, this is the largest fancy red ever rated by GIA.









The Heart of Eternity : $16 Millions
most expensive diamond the heart of etenity diamondThe Heart of Eternity is a 27.64 carats (5.528 g) diamond with a color rated as Fancy Vivid Blue by the Gemological Institue of America. This diamond is very rare class of colored diamond. It was cut by the Steinmetz group before sold to De Beers Group. The diamond itself was found in premier diamond mine in South Africa.











Wittelsbach Diamond : $ 16.4 Millions
most expensive diamond wittelsbach diamondThe Wittelsbach diamond (Der Blaue Wittelsbacher) is a 35.36 carats (7.11 g) blue diamond with size of 40 mm in diameter with 8.29 mm in depth and VS 2 in clarity. It was become part of both Austrian and Bavarian crown jewels, with color and clarity has been compared to the Hope Diamond (you can see below on No. 4).






Wittelsbach diamond

The Steinmetz Pink : $ 25 Millions
most expensive diamond the steinmetz pink diamondThe Steinmetz Pink is 59.60 carats (11.92 grams) of diamond that rated as Vivid Pink by the Gemological Institute of America. It’s the largest known diamond that given a color as Fancy vivid pink ever. The Steinmitz Pink was displayed as part of Smithsonian’s “The Splendor of Diamons” exhibition.






5. De Beers Centenary Diamond: $ 100 Millions
The De Beers Centenary Diamond were classified as D levels by the Gemological Institute of America. It’s the highest grade of a diamond that colorless and internally and externally flawless. The diamond itself is 273.85 carats (54.77 grams) in weight. This diamond is the 3rd largest diamond has been produced by De Beer’s Premier Mine.


De Beers Centenary Diamond

4. The Hope Diamond : $350 Millions
The hope diamond is 45.52 carats (9.10 grams) large diamond that now located in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. The diamond looks blue in color to the naked eye because the number of traces of boron in the crystal structure but It shine a red phosphor under ultraviolet light.

most expensive diamond the hope diamond
The Hope Diamond

3. The Cullinan : $ 400 Millions
The Cullinan Diamond is 3,106,75 carats (621.35 grams) diamond and is the largest rough gem quality diamond ever found in the world. After polished it become Cullinan I or Star Africa first and at 530.2 carats (106.0 grams) is the largest diamond in the world until 1985 with the Golden Jubilee of 545.67 carats (109.13 grams) from the same premier Mine.

most expensive diamond the cullinan diamond
The Cullinan Diamond

2. The Sancy Diamond : (Unestimated, Priceless)
The Sancy diamond is 55.23 carat (11.05 grams) of pale yellow diamond that once was famous as the belonging of the Great Moguls. It’s believed that the diamond is Indian origin. This is the first large diamonds to be cut with symmetrical facets. The stone is also unusual because it has no pavilion – just a pair of crowns, one on the other. This historical diamond is now kept in the French Crown Jewel collection housed at the Louvre.

most expensive diamond the sancy diamond
The Sancy Diamond

1. Koh-I-Noor : (Unestimated, Priceless)
Koh-I-Noor means as “Mountain of Light” from Persian. It’s a 105 carat (21.6 grams) diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world. The Koh-I-Noor was originated at Golconda in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. It was owned by various Sikh, Mughal and Persian rulers that fought each other from time to time. The stone was found to measure 36.00 × 31.90 × 13.04 mm. The gem remains the property of the British crown and is kept in HM Tower of London and it’s a popular tourist attraction.

most expensive diamond Koh-I-Noor diamond