The Heart of Eternity

Diamonds 27. 64 carats (5. 528 g), the color is rated as "Fancy Vivid Blue" by the Gemological Institute of America. The Heart of Eternity was cut by the Steinmetz Group, who has a diamond before selling to the De Beers Group.

The Heart of Eternity is a very rare class of colored diamonds. It was found at the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa. Blue (Type IIb) diamonds account for less than 0. 1% of the output from the Premier mine, which is the only mine in the world with a pretty blue diamond production. Of the ten colored diamonds which attract the highest bids, six out of ten it is a blue diamond, rating values ​​as high as $ 550, 000 to $ 580, 000 per carat ($ 2750-2900 / mg).

The Heart of Eternity was inaugurated in January 2000 as part of the De Beers Millennium Jewels collection, which includes the Millennium Star. The Heart of Eternity was featured with ten other blue diamonds; collection reaches 118-carat blue diamond (23. 6 g). De Beers Millennium Jewels are displayed at London's Millennium Dome throughout 2000. Business on 7 November 2000 to steal the collection thwarted.

During the exhibition at the Smithsonian, the Heart of Eternity was recorded on loan from private collectors, giving rise to speculation that it was sold during an exhibition at the Millennium Dome in London.