The ten most expensive diamonds in the world

At the same time, it should not be overlooked that, in addition to diamonds, the Earth has produced many other wonderful creations, which we all too often seem to take for granted. The atmosphere that allows us to breathe, biodiversity and drinking water are just some of them, that is, diamonds in some other form, which may not shine like the real thing, but unlike diamonds, which have a price, they are priceless.

But the diamonds are what they are synonymous with wealth and luxury. A status symbol of the wealthy, found on rings and other types of jewelry since the days of kings and queens. And if this has not changed over time, then the grinding technique has advanced, which has reduced the loss of carats to the extreme during the filing phase. And speaking of extremes.

Ladies and gentlemen, take a look at the ten most valuable ones in the gallery

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10. The De Beers rounds off the list of the ten most expensive diamonds with 234.65 carats, but could go a few places higher from the original 428.50

9. The Jubilee is a larger piece than the original 258.69 (245.35) carat colorless diamond

8. The Centenary has 273.85 carats and is considered the most expensive colorless diamond on the planet

7. The Nizame is 277.80 carat which he had as a 'green' (read unpolished) 440

6. The Great Mogul weighed 787 carats in its original form, but after a 'grinding cure' it was 'slimmed down' to 'only' 280 carats

5. The Spirit of Grisogono was shattered into pieces weighing a total of 348.93 carats

4. The Cullinan II has been measured at 317,40 carats, and is the second largest of the nine diamond pieces weighing as much as 3,106.75 carats

3. The Incomparable had 890 carats before going 'under the knife', but in its current form it has 407.48

2. The Cullinan I weighs 530.20 carats and is the largest white diamond in the world

1. The Golden Jubilee, the most expensive diamond in the world, which in its original form had 755 carats, but in today's form it has 545.67