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I shall give you some insight. There is a diamond called The Hancock Red. It is considered by some to be the most famous red diamond to have ever appeared at auction. It is a brilliant cut stone and weighs
0.95 carats. It was sold in 1987 for $926,000 per carat. This--dear souls--ain't hay in any language.For you technophiles ... a group to which I have long been an avid member dating back to my ham-radio days ... I will give you some details as to the causes that create this rare red species of diamond. Cause number one (according to my source here): They do not yet fully understand just what it is that creates this color. Technology--my friends--lives on a very precarious ledge and can clearly be as disappointing as it can be exhilarating. "They" think the red is a result of structural features in the diamonds' crystal lattice combined with minute quantities of nitrogen. When "they" give out information they often have the singular ability of elevating abstruseness to an art form.
Red diamonds are rarely a pure red ... but rather come in modifying hues ranging from browns to oranges to pinks and purples. However ... the stone I am going to show you has a GIA certificate stating it to be a pure red color with no modifying hue. It is a rectangular stone with cut corners and weighs in at 1.92 carats. It's value is not given ... I suspect it to be more expensive even than a gallon of gas in today's market.
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And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark
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