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US$1,450,000-1,900,000
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A GOLCONDA DIAMOND IS OF A DISTINCT CALIBER COVETED BY TRUE CONNOISSEURS OF THE GEM TRADE. UNIVERSALLY REGARDED AS THE MINE FROM WHICH THE WORLD'S FINEST DIAMONDS WERE PRODUCED, THE WORD GOLCONDA STILL EVOKES A SENSE OF SCINTILLATING EXCLUSIVENESS. LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN STATE OF HYDERABAD, THE INDIAN DIAMOND FIELDS ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A BROAD BAND OF ANCIENT ROCKS EXTENDING NEARLY ONE THOUSAND MILES IN THE NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION ALONG THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DIAMONDS FOUND WERE FROM ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS UNCOVERED IN FIVE DISTINCT DISTRICTS, EACH SEPARATED BY HIGH TERRAIN. EACH DISTRICT HAD ITS OWN NAME, THE MOST FAMOUS BEING GOLCONDA. THE CELEBRATED FRENCH GEM-MERCHANT, JEAN-BAPTISTE TAVERNIER, WHO FREQUENTED INDIA ON NUMEROUS VISITS IN THE 17TH CENTURY DESCRIBED GOLCONDA DIAMONDS AS "POOLS OF CRYSTAL WATER", A REFERENCE TO THE CLEAR TRANSPARENCY AND SOFT LUMINESCENT QUALITY DERIVED FROM ITS EXCEPTIONAL INTRINSIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE. A QUALITY COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS LIMPIDITY, WATERY OR PURITY, A GOLCONDA DIAMOND IS DESCRIBED AS WHITER-THAN-WHITE. LIGHT APPEARS TO PASS THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT COLOURLESS STONE, UNHINDERED, ILLUMINATING A SUBSTANCE CLEAR AS A POOL OF GLISTENING PRISTINE WATER, TAINTLESS, UNADULTERATED, AND UNCONDITIONALLY PURE. IT IS THIS SEMBLANCE THAT DEFINES THESE DIAMONDS AND PROPELS A 'GOLCONDA' TO SUCH ELITE STATUS.
AN UNIQUE NATURAL PEARL, DIAMOND AND SEED PEARL PENDENT NECKLACE
細節
約8.29克拉圓形戈爾康達D/VVS1 Type IIa鑽石及天然珍珠吊墜項鍊，附SSEF、
Gübelin及GIA證書，配以鑽石及珍珠，鑲鉑金，珍珠尺寸10.8 x 21.7毫米，
項鍊長度42.2厘米
榮譽呈獻
Vickie Sek
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