Each year, Rio Tinto, the second largest diamond mining company in the world, hosts the Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender. This year, the collection consists of 55 diamonds – 51 pink and purplish red diamonds, and four Fancy Red diamonds. Fancy Red diamonds are extremely rare. So rare, that only 13 have been featured in the annual […]
The World’s Most Expensive Car?
Posted on August 12th, 2014 by Joe G
In the market for a new vehicle? A 1962 red Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta may become the most expensive car in the world when it is offered at auction this Thursday in Carmel, California. The coupe raced in the 1962 Tour de France Automobile race, where it placed second. Fabrizio Violati purchased it in 1965, and was […]
An Exceptional Find
Posted on August 6th, 2014 by Joe G
A mine in southern Africa known for producing large and exceptional diamonds is at it again. Mining firm Gem Diamonds announced that it discovered a 198-carat, type IIa white diamond at the Letseng mine at the end of last month. Gem Diamonds owns 70% of the mine, located in the Maluti mountains in Lesotho, in 2006, and […]
A Diamond the Size of Earth
Posted on July 31st, 2014 by Joe G
A professor and a group of astronomers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have discovered a white dwarf star estimated to be 11 billion years old. White dwarfs were at one time similar to our own sun, but have shrunk and faded over billions of years. What makes this specific star so remarkable is the fact […]
Treasure Found 26 Years Ago Still Being Disputed
Posted on July 28th, 2014 by Joe G
A mysterious disappearance, a treasure below the sea and a battle over who the treasure belongs to – surprisingly not the plot of the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie, but a real life story occurring right now. In 1988, off the coast of South Carolina, a treasure hunter from Ohio discovered $50 million worth of treasure from the remains of […]