Talk:Diamond (gemstone)

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RE: Stone of the century. I just heard on the radio it will be sold in Sothebys. Anyone have any sources? Has anyone any idea on who might be bidding?? Maybe the Queen would like to carry on being the record holder an bid!? --Camaeron 19:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

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Camaeron, that's a hoax, there will be no auction. The very last valide news ([1]) is saying, that the stone is still unverified. And as long as it is not certfied, there will be no sale. I'm following this story from it's very beginning and made copies of nearly every news on it. For two months, there were a lot of unsubstantiated rumuors but at the bottom line only two things are for sure: (1) Nobody really knows, whether this stone is a diamond at all and (2) it's finders are delaying the verfication. As no end is in sight, I recommend to remove this "stone of the century" stuff from the article and to paste it in the disc until a serious verfication has been made 141.2.22.211 12:58, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

PS: Sorry, camaeron, the news you've mentioned, was no hoax. But nevertheless, is has nothing to do with the "stone of the century" aka "jade giant". I think, what you heard on the radio was about the sale of another diamond [2]. A real one, this time :-) nice greetings, 141.2.22.211 13:27, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've removed the section "Stone of the Century" and I have pasted it here. Reason: As long as the announcement of this "diamond" is still an unvalidated claim, it is not relevant for an encyclopedia. If there will be a proper verification, the text can be added easily to the main article. Crypto-ffm 14:33, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Game over: The stone has been tested and it is not a diamond! [3] Crypto-ffm 11:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I think you two may be talking about completely different diamonds. Crypto: Your diamond has a green tinge and has been confirmed as a fake. 141.2.22.211 : The diamond article you found was the one mentioned on the radio. As yet I havent found anything to suggest it is a fake. Does anyone know if it has been cut yet? It may yet crack which could drastically reduce its size. --Camaeron 12:34, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Camaeron! No, the stone you heard about on the radio is not a fake. The postings here were a little bit of a mess, that's all. To avoid any more confusion, I will speak of "your" diamond as of the "84.37-carat", ok?

All I know about the 84.37-carat is what the news-article cited above [4] tells me about it. It says: "It [the 84.37-carat] is D-colour, or finest white, has flawless clarity and its cut, polish and symmetry have all been graded excellent." And that means, that it is no longer a raw diamond but that it has been cutted and polished already. Crypto-ffm 13:36, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Wow, the Queen will be envious! Any news on who is going to bid on it? Some mad billionaire I suppose. Btw if youre German you English is brilliant. Bestimmt zehn mal so gut wie mein Deustch. Ich beherrsche die Artikel nicht sehr gut aber ansonsten geht es eigentlich. --Camaeron 14:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Danke fuer das Kompliment - Dein Deutsch scheint mir aber auch nicht schlecht zu sein :-)

Wenn Du Deutsch kannst, dann kann ich Dir auch einen deutschsprachigen Link nennen, auf dem der Diamant abgebildet ist [5]. Er wird erst naechsten Monat versteigert und über moegliche Kaeufer ist - so viel ich weiss - nichts bekannt. Das ist aber bei Sotheby's so ueblich. Jetzt muss ich aber wirklich Schluss machen (und außerdem ist es sehr unhoeflich, wenn man hier nicht auf Englisch postet). Gruss, Crypto-ffm 14:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stone of the Century

On August 28, 2007, a giant gem, 7,000 carat (2x the size of the Cullinan Diamond and about the size of a coconut, with a greenish tinge) was reported discovered by a small South African mining company. Still to be confirmed, Brett Jolly (shareholder at the mine), deposited the gem to a bank vault in Johannesburg.BBC NEWS, 'Massive' gem dug up in S Africa The company announced that it asked the president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses to make the examination next week. De Beers however stated that "the north-west province was not known for producing gems and greenish stones were even rarer".BBC NEWS, Fresh tests for 'giant diamond' World Federation of Diamond Bourses (which represents exchanges from Bangkok to Antwerp), president Ernest Blom confirmed having met with Brett Jolly, Cape Town property developer, by chance in a hotel in Sandton, and agreed to assess the gem claim. Martin Rapaport, chairman of the Rapaport Group stated that the giant gem could be worth 10 times more than the 603-carat Lesotho Promise sold last year for US$12.4 million.Mining Journal, World diamond group head to assess gem claim