Record 204-ct Fancy Intense Yellow could Fetch $5.5m May 18, 21 by John Jeffay
(IDEX Online) - A record-breaking 204.36-carat fancy intense yellow diamond is to be auctioned by Christie s New York, with a high estimate of $5.5m.
The Dancing Sun (
pictured) is the largest polished diamond produced in North America since the first mine opened there 30 years ago.
It has been graded by GIA as natural color, VVS2 clarity, excellent polish a
nd symmetry.
It was cut from the largest gem-quality rough ever discovered in the continent - a 552.74 stone unearthed in 2018 at the Diavik Diamond Mine, close to the Arctic Circle, in Canada s Northwest Territories.