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The deeper the blue becomes the more strongly it attracts man towards the infinite
Wassily Kandinsky
In nature, blue diamonds are among the rarest and most spectacular, gifted with an unmistakable charm and mystery. The exaltation of the blue colour on the other hand, has been unalterable over the millennia, from the funerary mask of Tutankhamun encrusted with lapis lazuli to the unmistakable works of the French painter Yves Klein, whose name is connected to the monothematic use of blue. In nature, blue is also undisputedly associated to the rare and exotic: birds of paradise, tropical butterflies, peacocks and, the rarest of all, the blue diamonds, whose particular shade is usually caused by the presence of traces of the rare chemical element “boron”, inside the crystal lattice of the diamond. While other coloured diamonds can be found in mines all over the world, there are very few sources of blue diamonds, which for the most part are recovered from the Cullinan mine in South Africa. Cullinan has produced many of the most famous diamonds in the world, including the Great Star of Africa weighing 530 carats, the largest cut fine quality colourless diamond in the world. The mine continues to produce several of the world’s most extraordinary treasures, including all the De Beers Millennium Blue diamonds, in particular the De Beers Millennium Jewel 4, a blue Fancy Vivid oval shaped diamond weighing 10.10 carats, sold for 31.8 million dollars by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in April 2016. Following the successful series, a blue diamond of exceptional
In alto, a sinistra/Top, to the left: The Zoe Diamond, Mellon Collection, Fancy Vivid Blue diamond, 9.75 cts, VVS2 Clarity; a destra/right: The Millennium Blue, Fancy Vivid Blue diamond, 10.10 cts, Internally Flawless.