All Stories: Diamond

LONDON: The world's largest uncut diamond failed to sell at auction in London on Wednesday after the bids fell short of the reserve price The Lesedi La Rona, a 1,109-carat, tennis ball-sized gem found in Botswana, had been predicted to sell for over $70 million.

HONG KONG: A diamond-encrusted crocodile-skin Hermes handbag with white gold details has broken the record for the world's most expensive ever sold at auction, fetching nearly $300,000 at a Hong Kong sale.

GENEVA: A dazzling blue diamond once owned by mining magnate Philip Oppenheimer etched a record $50.6 million (45 million euros) at auction in Geneva Wednesday, auction house Christie's said.

GENEVA: A dazzling blue diamond once owned by mining magnate Philip Oppenheimer could fetch a record sale price, with auction house Christie's hoping it tops the staggering $48.4 million mark set last year.

SWITZERLAND: A 14.62-carat blue diamond owned by an architect of the modern diamond industry could fetch a record price at this week's Magnificent Jewels auctions in Geneva.

STOCKHOLM: Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond on Monday announced the sale of a huge 813-carat diamond for a record $63 million.

LONDON: "Lesedi la Rona" the largest gem-quality rough diamond discovered in more than 100 years will be auctioned next month. 

NEW DELHI: The Indian government said Tuesday it would make "all possible efforts" get back a priceless diamond that is part of the Queen Mother's Crown, only a day after telling a top court the stone belonged to Britain.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed the registrar office to fix a petition for hearing, seeking directions for the federal government to bring back Koh-i-Noor diamond from British Queen Elizabeth-II.

LAHORE: A Pakistani attorney said on Thursday he has filed a court petition seeking the return of the famed Koh-i-Noor diamond Britain forced India to hand over in colonial times.

BANGKOK: A Chinese woman who allegedly tried to smuggle a stolen diamond out of Thailand by swallowing it was released from hospital Monday after doctors removed the expensive gem from her gut.

NEW YORK: A "perfect" 100-carat diamond originally mined in South Africa sold for $22.1 million in New York on Tuesday in three minutes of bidding, Sotheby's said.