Name: Two large diamonds auctioned off at Christie's in Geneva / 329W8HW
Uploaded: 2022-05-12T06:04:51Z
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Description: The Rock, the biggest white diamond ever auctioned, sold for a hammer price of 18.6 million Swiss francs ($18.8 million), far short of the record for such a jewel. The 228.31-carat stone, larger than a golf ball, was sold in Geneva by Christie's auction house. Also on auction was an historic intense yellow diamond associated for more than a century with the Red Cross. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES

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The Rock, the biggest white diamond ever auctioned, sold for a hammer price of 18.6 million Swiss francs ($18.8 million), far short of the record for such a jewel. The 228.31-carat stone, larger than a golf ball, was sold in Geneva by Christie's auction house. Also on auction was an historic intense yellow diamond associated for more than a century with the Red Cross. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES

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