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Diamonds Are Everyone’s Best Friend [by Carina Zaragoza] No one can resist the sparkle. No one can deny the beauty. No one is immune to the hypnotic radiance. LawCrossing is bling blingin’ this weekend with diamonds, diamonds, diamonds.
Who doesn’t love a diamond? Just walk down
friends’ jaws will drop in amazement of your
the street with a diamond ring and you know
infinite knowledge.
top 20 diamonds in their own museum. With time, the LawCrossing family will no
you’ll turn some heads. But it isn’t all about attention. (Well, most of it is). It’s also about
Owning diamonds really sets one apart from
doubt own the largest collection of the
displaying one of nature’s most radiant
the crowd, just like being a LawCrossing
world’s most expensive items.
creations. Okay, let’s be realistic. It’s mainly
member. But forget Tiffany’s -- LawCross-
about showing the world that you can afford
ing members deserve only the best. Take the
a diamond. The bigger, the better is what I
Star of the Season. Owned by a Saudi Arabian
say. Add “the most expensive” to that mantra
jewelry collector, the Star of the Season
and you’ll have LawCrossing Weekend in a
is one of the world’s rarest diamonds and
nutshell.
auctioned for nearly $17,000,000, the highest price ever paid for a single piece of jewelry. It
Although we usually gaze at white diamonds
weighs just over 100 carats and is completely
through the windows of jewelry stores,
colorless. Immediately after the purchase,
diamonds come in a variety of colors, most
the new owner turned down an offer for
of which are very rare. The most famous
much more than the paid price. With a little
diamonds are pink, yellow, red, blue, black,
bit of LawCrossing savvy, maybe a LawCross-
orange, purple, and green. Diamonds come
ing member will make
in pretty much all the colors of the rainbow.
the owner an offer he
One of the world’s most famous diamonds,
can’t refuse.
the Hope Diamond, is blue. Green diamonds are deep green in their rough form and when
Now onto the most
cut usually become white or yellow. The
valuable diamond in the
deepest green diamonds almost resemble
world, the Mouawad
emeralds. Red diamonds, resembling rubies,
Lilac, estimated to be
are the rarest colored diamonds in the world.
worth over $20,000,000. The Mouawad Lilac is a 24.44 carat, emerald-cut pink diamond.
Diamonds aren’t born stellar beauties.
The color is so saturated, the diamond gives
They have to be cut from their raw form in
off a purplish, almost maroon, hue. The
a stressful, time-consuming and precise
diamond is owned by Robert Mouawad, one
operation. In their raw state, diamonds weigh
of the world’s most renowned diamond col-
much more than they do in their finished,
lectors. He has set records with his auction
showroom state. Despite losing value when
purchases. Among his collection are the
being cut, diamonds have sold for hundreds
famous Taylor-Burton (formerly owned by the
of thousands of dollars per carat. By the way,
Queen of Diamonds, Elizabeth Taylor, who
the next time you are at a party, mingling and
then sold it to build a hospital in Botswana)
exchanging stories, you can announce that
and the largest of his collection, the Jubilee.
the Golden Jubilee, weighing 545.67 carats,
The Mouawad family owns the finest private
is the largest diamond in the world. Your
collection of diamonds, with 12 of the world’s
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