BLUE DIAMOND SELLS FOR $8M
Baku, May 12 (AZERTAC). A diamond auction in Switzerland has seen a new record price per carat, with a blue, cushion-shaped 7.64 carat stone fetching 8.93m Swiss francs.
The diamond, set in a yellow gold and platinum ring, went for twice its estimated price.
A white emerald-cut 52.82 carat diamond fetched 8.8m Swiss francs, while an Alexandre Reza ring mounted with a 5.02 carat blue diamond sold for just over 7m Swiss francs.
