Rio Tinto presents the second largest red diamond in the world: the price is secret ♦ ︎
Riddle: it is a red, transparent stone, with a bright color, with radiant cut. What is it? No, it’s not a ruby. It is one of the rare red diamonds, one of the largest ever found, the second by size and weight. He presented it to New York with the mining giant Rio Tinto, along with other extraordinary colored stones.
The rare red diamond 2.11 carat, known as The Argyle Everglow, was the 2017 Arygle Pink Diamonds Tender star, which is the annual showcase of the rarest diamonds extracted from the Argyle mine in Rio Tinto. Argyle Everglow has been evaluated by the American Gemological Institute (Gia) as a Fancy Red VS2 diamond. Red is the rarest shade for diamonds. Suffice it to think that in 33 years from this mine Fancy Red certified less than 20 carats. The Fancy Red Argyle Everglow is the second largest Fancy Red diamond in the world after the Red Moussaieff, which has 5.11 carats. How much cost can a diamond like that? The price is top secret. Rio Tinto receives buyers’ offers in a closed envelope from dealers and collectors and does not divulge figures. Years ago, in Hong Kong, a red diamond of more than 2 carats was sold at auction for 5 million, about 2.4 every carat. For sure, according to experts, the price of these diamonds is not comparable to that of ordinary colorless diamonds. These are rather to be regarded as works of art.
Rio Tinto has featured 58 diamonds, totaling 49.39 carats, including four reds, four violet reds, two purple and one blue. The Argyle mine is located in the eastern region of Kimberley, Western Australia. Federico Graglia
