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A model poses with “The Spirit of the Rose”, the world’s largest vivid purple-pink diamond, before an upcoming Geneva auction, during a Sotheby’s preview in Hong Kong, China on October 12, 2020.Image: REUTERS/ TYRONE SIU
PURPLE PINK DIAMOND

Super rare, purple-pink diamond up for auction, could fetch $38 million

An extremely rare, vivid purple-pink diamond mined in Russia is expected to fetch up to $38 million (R600m) when it goes under the hammer on November 11, the auction house Sotheby’s said on Monday. The oval gem, which is named after a…

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