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Cora Sun-Drop Diamond : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cora Sun-Drop Diamond The Cora Sun-Drop Diamond is the largest known yellow pear-shaped diamond, weighing .〔 It was sold for $10.9 million at Sotheby's auction in Geneva and set a world record price for a yellow diamond. == History == The Sun-Drop has a very short history. It was found in South Africa in 2010 within a kimberlite pipe. Tests show that the diamond was formed from 1 to 3 billion years ago. After that, on 24 February 2011, it was kept in The Vault of the London Natural History Museum together with many other precious stones, such as the Duke of Devonshire Emerald and the Aurora Pyramid of Hope, where it stayed for six months. In November 2011, it was sold at an auction in Geneva for just over $10.9 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Sun-Drop' Diamond Auctioned For Over $10.9M )〕 The stone was cut and owned by the diamond manufacturing company Cora International, based in New York. It was sold at the auction by Sotheby's. The Sun-Drop was bought by a telephone bidder who decided to remain anonymous. Including commission and taxes the buyer paid $12.36 million. The pre-sale estimate was from 11 to 15 million dollars. "It sold for a record for a yellow diamond ... It was exactly within our expectation for this spectacular stone," said Mr Bennett, an auctioneer.
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