THE VIVID PIN K

"'Even for tfie most experiencea gem connoisseur,

tfiis expnp[ary specimen of pinFtdiamonas is
a reminaer of nature at its 6est. "
Tom Moses, GIA Senior Vice President of Laboratory and Resea rch
Natural diamond.<; all' one of mm",,', belt-hp! The WQrk!'l "'",11 . nd mOll gem,tone,
coloured diamonds m: ench.nting little tl'l:asurel th.t call be found in .11 the colours of 1 ninbow. Forged from
carbon . toms deep within the e.rth. the".. diamond, acquire their colour from the presence of .ddition.l trace
elements or distortiorn to the typic.! diamond .truclUre. E. ch is. unique np",,,,;on of n>l".." with its own 'pec;.l
story derived from hue, tonc .nd In ".tun] pink diu llOtlds, tru, colour ""Dill from absorption of light
by their cryst.l deformation ill the diamond bnk.,. The sttuctunl defect th.t c.uses pink colour (referred to .5
colour centre) is not fully understood by di.Jllond rescucherl. Howe .... r. it 11.101 OnCe been said that pink
we.., colnu..,d by the fint ",met to ..... hone on carbon crysul, nillowimming the s.,., nf!.v.! Neverthde .. ,
whether we 'Or "nnnt "'Certain hnw colnu..,d di.mOllds ob!:lill their cnlour. 'One thing h fnr ce"",in: tbeS<'
gems >re uOlorinu, fnr tbeir 'Of supply. with perhaps 'Only 'One in a hundred thnunnd diamnnds poslC:!$ing
colnur deep eunugh to qualify a, 'Fancy', The number of cololl..,d diamnnd. av:lil.ble.t .ny one time is so ,mall
thar IUti,tic. c.nnot be .pplied - their price ., unique a, the object in question,
'lbe Vivid Pink' is pn:cious jewel, a r.n: and exclusive be. uty th.3t carries. pun: pink hue. This pun:, straight
pink is .n extraordinary and unique cnlour cxp..,o"on, mnst ,,.tu,,l pink di.mnnd, exhibit . colnur
modifier purple, nnnge 'Or S"'Y, the p ... 'pecimen ,hn,,", .bsolutely nn trace 'Of. ",cnnd.ry cnlour, m.king
it excecdillgiy u .... both enmnl<'n;i.aliy .nd n.turally_ Like . be.utiful pink rose. the colnur ddi<;.te .nd soft yet
strong and bright, its lively scimilbtinn .ffnrded by the stoue's even colnur distribntinn. Only tlus requisite riclmesl
.nd depth nfits inherent pink body colnur and hue th.3t is. wondenul.nd ,,"cceSlful b.uncc nftnne and ,.mratioll
c.n qn.lifY for that cnveted F.ncy Vivid colnur gr.ding from the GIA.
Accnrding tn Tom Mnses, GIA Seninr Vice President ofLJboralO1)' and Rese.r-::h:
"The S.oo-<:.nr Vivid Pink Cu,hinn Modified Brillilll! i, extnordinary for its .. turarinn of colnr . nd size.
Until the discovery 'Of pink di.mnnds in lIum.]i. in the 198n's. em:nuntering pink di.mnnds 'Of . ny size W:II
uocnmmoll. The Argyle deposit in IImtt:lli. made pink diamnnds slightly mnn: available in the marketplace - but
still quite = . E .... n with the Argyle dq)osit , pink diamonds more m...n 'Onc carat with high d.ril;".
rardy occur. The nature of fonnation and t .. mporutinn of these di.mnnds In the earth', surf:oce ge'I<'nlly result
in with lnwer clarities. Adding to its .pedal n.n're, the 5.00-<:ant cushinn is also Potenti ally fbw1ess
with minor repolislung. As with ill colored di. mnnds.. the most impotum attribute is the colour. This stone is
medium in lighuI<''' and highly murated, mpporting the GlA Grade ,u,scriptinn off.ncy Vivid. Even fnr the most
experienced gem cnnnni,seur, Ihi, exemp!:try .pccimen i, reminckr 'Of n.m..., .t its be'I."
TIle history 'Of som" of the world's IIIOSt f.mnus diamnnds a..., pink diamnnds. The mYlteriollS. glinering allure
th.t mllOund. pink gems <nch a, the 'Nur_Ul_Ain', the 'Hnrtemia' 'Or the 'Agra' date back centurie, . nd ruve hod
colnurful histories. Since thei r discnvery in lhe rich Goknnda river 'Of India, connni"",uR have cnmidered pink
diamonds tn be the most pn:cious 'Of gemstones. Tod.y. high- qu.lity natur. l pink diamnnds .re regarded
;is SOme 'Of the world's t:lreS! and mnsl sought_aficr coloured di:l.luoucls. Weighing an exacting carm. 'lbe
Vivid Pink' is :1.1, =qu;,ite cnlnured di.mnnd uncove..,d in Southern IIfrica, sOllrce 'Of some 'Of the world', most
imporunt COlnll,..,d di.mond, ,uch as rhe WiIli:muon Pink be.utiful pink di.mond that W;1I p,..,:;ented tn
Queen Eliubeth 11 on the occasion of her wedding in 1947. The scarcity 'Of me finest natll l pink diamnnds in
the world today renders the appear.l!lce nf 'The Vivid Pink' an =tnordinary event. Combined with. Type 11.
cruracteristic (the moot chemically pu ... fnrm 'Of di:unnnd), rhi, cushinn pink J>OSS<'"e n exceptional limpidity,
. n .bwlme purity:md tran'pa,..,ncy whnse "", ter;,; perfect and briUi.nt. As high qu. lity jc'veil becnme i,,,,.., ingiy
1":1"" on ti,e market, 'The Vivid Pink' ,..,presents an exciting nppnrtunity for the S<'rinus gem cnllector as it ranks .1
onc of the mOst important colnured dillnonds - the finest and largest F1ncy Vivid Pink di.mnnd - to ever
fnr .. k at auctinn.
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THE VIVID PINK
AN EXQUISITE COLOURED DIAMOND AND DIAMOND RING, BY GRAFF
Set with. cmhion ... haped fJncy vivid pink diamond w.,ighing 5.00 c.ratl, on
side by. di.mond, mounted in pL>linum ,lid 18k rose gold, sl:u 5

Arcc,lIpm,itd by ' (JI<'>I "0. 12956371 2}]o,ly 21H!9from Ihe Ge",oll!gir.-Ilmlill<le cf Af"trim
5.00 "'fill dia,,,,,,,d i.f.,,,y pi,d . nal",al (<>loll', Vs. tiarily; ",;rh worki"g diagram
Indicating Ihar rl'et/arily Is Jl<'rrmlallyjlawlm
Also 4aollJpallied by a wppll'll,mrallme,jromlhe CI'Inoillfi(al IIIstitutr DJ Amuiea the 5.00 Cllrat
diamond hal!>nn 10 a fl'P" IhI pi,1I1 I/a pink t/ia ,,,,,,,ds W1)' Mlr' ill
lint""" Oftffl have ,rlarivtlyftW ill(/,.,i<ml aud a", "oudfor dl(l', mostly 11011' in rI,t rough.
ma"y olhe,r%uml diamo"ds, II,erowu, ill pi"k diamo"ds call "01 a,siy be by ;'''purilies,
b'lI il may al><> be a =,,11 cJlht diamOlld'l expolll,e fo hear and P"-,IUIr' dU';IIt rranspo,ration imo Iht
t1J,rI,',rnm. TyJI(' 1Ia pinks havt btmfo"IIIf ill n Jlmllberif.uilling rrgi(M1I a""md tht w"rld. HiSlorica lly
/I,t)' "ot:"fo""d ill ["d;a (pD,/icularlrf"'m II,r Gale,mJD ,rgion) a"J,;" mo" "Ienl I;mo, moSI ",,/ably
from Bra2i/ alld Afri,,,.
diam,mM. II,t 70.)9 caml Ell/puss RDM m,d 11" 28.15 "'rot Agm aretxamplesif
Typt IIa pinks
IIK$39,OOO,ooo-SS,OOO,OOO USS 5,000,000-7,050,000
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