• The Graff Venus was deemed the largest D Flawless heart-shaped diamond in the world when it was unveiled in 2016. It took craftsmen 18 months to cut and polish the Type IIA diamond from a 357-carat, rough diamond that was discovered in 2015 at the Letseng Mine in Lesotho. The final stone weighs in at 118.78 carats. Courtesy Graff
    The Graff Venus was deemed the largest D Flawless heart-shaped diamond in the world when it was unveiled in 2016. It took craftsmen 18 months to cut and polish the Type IIA diamond from a 357-carat, rough diamond that was discovered in 2015 at the Letseng Mine in Lesotho. The final stone weighs in at 118.78 carats. Courtesy Graff
  • Founder Laurence Graff bought the bewitching Wittelsbach diamond at Christie’s in December 2008 for a little more than Dh60 million, the highest price ever paid for a gemstone at an auction at the time. He had his master cutters give the stone a modern polish with additional facets to highlight its blue colour, which reduced its weight by about four carats to 31.06, and it was renamed the Wittelsbach-Graff diamond. Courtesy Graff
    Founder Laurence Graff bought the bewitching Wittelsbach diamond at Christie’s in December 2008 for a little more than Dh60 million, the highest price ever paid for a gemstone at an auction at the time. He had his master cutters give the stone a modern polish with additional facets to highlight its blue colour, which reduced its weight by about four carats to 31.06, and it was renamed the Wittelsbach-Graff diamond. Courtesy Graff
  • Natural pink diamonds are the rarest gems in the world. The Graff Pink weighs 23.88 carats, and has a rectangular step-cut and delicate round corners. Between 2010 and 2017, the stone held the world auction record for a pink diamond, at a price of Dh169 million. Courtesy Graff
    Natural pink diamonds are the rarest gems in the world. The Graff Pink weighs 23.88 carats, and has a rectangular step-cut and delicate round corners. Between 2010 and 2017, the stone held the world auction record for a pink diamond, at a price of Dh169 million. Courtesy Graff
  • The Graff Ruby comes from the Mogok Valley in Burma, an area known for producing stones that stand out for their size, colour and clarity. The cushion-shaped stone weighs 8.62 carats, and Graff first bought it at auction in 2006 and then again in 2014. Courtesy Graff
    The Graff Ruby comes from the Mogok Valley in Burma, an area known for producing stones that stand out for their size, colour and clarity. The cushion-shaped stone weighs 8.62 carats, and Graff first bought it at auction in 2006 and then again in 2014. Courtesy Graff
  • Laurence Graff said about the 102.79-carat, round, D colour, internally flawless Graff Constellation diamond: “When you look into it, you see all the stars in the sky.” Courtesy Graff
    Laurence Graff said about the 102.79-carat, round, D colour, internally flawless Graff Constellation diamond: “When you look into it, you see all the stars in the sky.” Courtesy Graff
  • At 118.08 carats, the Delaire Sunrise is the largest square, emerald-cut, Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond in the world. Courtesy Graff
    At 118.08 carats, the Delaire Sunrise is the largest square, emerald-cut, Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond in the world. Courtesy Graff
  • Completely flawless, and perfect in cut and colour, the rough stones from which the Graff Sweethearts were crafted were discovered within the same mine. The final cut and polished, heart-shaped diamonds weigh in at 51.53 carats and 50.76 carats, and they were set as a pair of earrings in 2013. Courtesy Graff
    Completely flawless, and perfect in cut and colour, the rough stones from which the Graff Sweethearts were crafted were discovered within the same mine. The final cut and polished, heart-shaped diamonds weigh in at 51.53 carats and 50.76 carats, and they were set as a pair of earrings in 2013. Courtesy Graff

The most important gemstones from Graff – in pictures

Panna Munyal

April 11, 2017

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