12-Ct. Pink Diamond Unearthed In Australia

The Argyle Pink Jubilee. Picture credit: AAP via the Herald Sun

A 12.76 carat diamond was found at the Argyle diamond mine in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. It’s the largest pink diamond ever found at the famed mine, the largest producer of pink diamonds in the world.

It is expected to fetch at least $10 million according to a report in the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne,

The Fairest Diamond of them All, the Argyle Pink

A 2.02 cts. Argyle Pink diamond. This round brilliant fancy vivid purplish pink diamond was the largest of the 55 Argyle Pink diamonds that were tendered in 2010. Photo by Gary Roskin


They come from the land “down under.” Their singular source is a mine in a barren patch of Northwestern Australia. They are the Argyle Pink diamonds, among the rarest and most beautiful gems in the world.

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