27.8 C
Delhi
Thursday, September 11, 2025

World’s largest flawless diamond set to sell

Date:

Share post:

Donate-GC-Razorpay

London: The world’s largest flawless diamond is set to sell for at least £13million.

The pear-shaped Golden Canary, which weights more than 300 carats, went on display in Dubai on Monday, The Sun reported.

Discovered in a pile of rubble by a young girl playing in her uncle’s garden in the 1980s, it turned out to be an 890-carat rough diamond — one of the largest the world had ever seen.

But after being cut into a pear-shape, it became the largest flawless or internally flawless diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America.

The diamond will be auctioned without reserve by Sotheby’s in New York in December.

Bids start at $1, the Sun said.

It is not the first time a diamond worth millions has been put up for sale.

A woman in her 70s bought the stone at a car-boot sale years ago but had no idea of its value.

But she took it to be valued after a neighbour prompted her — and was gobsmacked to find the rock was an “off the scale” diamond, the report said.

Related articles

Israel and India’s Finance Ministers Sign Groundbreaking Investment Agreement

A new Bilateral Investment Agreement, signed by Israel’s Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, and India's Finance Minister will...

Nepal’s Crisis is a Deep State Playbook – And India Cannot Afford to Sleep

Nepal is burning, and it would be naïve to believe that the flames are entirely of its own...

Navarro’s “Vampire” Slur and the Pushback of a New India

It began with a single remark. Peter Navarro, once Donald Trump’s trade adviser and now a loud voice...

Terror in Jerusalem: The Ramot Junction Attack and the Cost of Hate

Jerusalem, a city that has withstood the ebb and flow of empires, faiths, and civilizations, was once again...