World's Most Expensive Diamond

Sotheby’s D-Grade Flawless Diamond
Price: $16 million
Carats: 108
This flawless white diamond is arguably the finest of its kind for sale anywhere in the world. What makes it extraordinary isn’t so much its heft--a generous 108 carats--as its nearly total absence of flaws.
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Mouawad Diamond Necklace

Price: $12 million
Carats: 70 (for the largest stone)
This necklace of white and colored diamonds was once displayed at London’s Natural History Museum and is currently owned by the Robert Mouawad as part of his collection housed in Geneva, Switzerland, which contains his higher-end pieces. The largest jewel in the necklace is a 70-carat white sparkler.

Leviev Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond

Price: $10 Million
Carats: 77.12
“Fancy vivid” is the highest rating you can give a colored stone, and London jeweler and Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev is offering for sale one of the world’s most spectacular. Leviev, who controls the third largest group of diamond mines in the world, got this stone from one of his own diggings. It hangs from a white diamond necklace.
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Graff Fancy Vivid Pink Pear Shaped Diamond

Price: $10 Million
Carats: 13
Graff doesn’t loan diamonds to celebrities, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have your own piece of red carpet bling. Collectors will be clamoring for this beauty, mounted in a platinum ring with white pear-shaped diamonds on both sides.
For more information, visit www.graffdiamonds.com.

Harry Winston Fancy Intense Pink Diamond with two Trapezoid Diamonds
Price: $8.3 Million
Carats: 10.11
Pinks are among the rarest of colored diamonds, and this particular stone is one of the largest offered on the market today. The diamond displays a 100% pure pink color that is evenly distributed and saturated to a degree found only in the best vivid-grade diamonds. Clarity rating: VVS1.
For more information, visit www.harrywinston.com.

de Grisogono Green Diamond
Price: $7.3 Million
Carats: 25.06
Colored diamonds, specifically green ones, rarely come to market, which helps account for the relatively high price of this one from de Grisogono. The 25-carat GIA-certified VS1stone is set in white gold with 382 black diamonds (7 carats’ worth) surrounding it.
For more information, visit www.degrisogono.com.

Van Cleef & Arpels Drape de Diamants
Price: $2.5 Million
Carats: Varied
This one-of-a-kind, deco-inspired necklace has two emerald-cut diamonds (5.4 carats combined), seven Asscher cut diamonds (10.7 carats), 268 marquise-cut diamonds (75 carats) and 63 baguette diamonds (6.05 carats) mounted in white gold. It was designed in 1935, but not executed until 2006, requiring some 2,100 hours to complete.
For more information, visit www.vancleef-arpels.com.

Neil Lane Diamond and platinum ring
Price: $1.5 Million
Carats: 15
Worn by Madonna and other celebrities, this Neil Lane diamond and platinum ring features a D color, 15-carat cushion cut center diamond set in platinum with diamond inlays.
For more information, visit www.neillanejewelry.com

De Beers Kiss of the Rose
Price: $1.2 Million
Carats: 10.09
The “Kiss of the Rose” features a flawless, pear-shaped, rose-cut diamond so clear that through it you can see a fancy intense pink .08 carat diamond set beneath. The two stones, in a platinum setting, are kept company by 2.49 carats of white pave diamonds.
For more information, visit www.debeers.com.

de Grisogono Black Diamond Ring
Price: $1.2 Million
Carats: 83.39
A black diamond is rare enough--but one 84 carats in weight is almost unheard of. This de Grisogono black diamond in a contrasting yellow gold setting is accompanied by 958 fancy yellow pave diamonds (8 carats’ worth) and two smaller black diamonds to either side.
For more information, visit www.degrisogono.com.