Harry Winston bought "absolutely perfect" diamond

immaculate pear-cut diamond weighing 101 carats 73 "Absolute perfection" sold at auction Christie's «Outstanding Jewels" 25, 9 million Swiss francs. He became the most expensive colorless diamond ever come across for sale. This stone is not only the largest pear-cut diamond of all that ever offered at auction, it is also among the most advanced representatives of their breed in history. Diamond weighing 236 carats was produced in Jwaneng Mine (Botswana), and to process it went 21 months. Gemological Institute of the United States awarded him the color category D, and also have the status of a flawless diamond. It is characterized by absolute symmetry of faces, which is a truly remarkable achievement master cutter. Purity that characterizes this diamond (type IIA) occurs in only 2% of its worldwide diamond. According to the Gemological Institute, including the annual production of diamonds weighing more than 100 million carats found no more than 600 diamonds that have a chance to become blameless diamond color category D weighing from one to two carats. Much less as a result of cut diamonds produced similar characteristics weighing about ten carats, while stones weighing more than one hundred carats - is a rare event. The buyer of the diamond was the American jewelry house Harry Winston. He got the opportunity to name the stone in his honor Winston Legacy, by which he, of course, will go down in the list of known diamonds in history.