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76 rare, 02-carat diamond, formerly owned by Archduke of Austria.
76 rare, 02-carat diamond, formerly belonged to the Archduke of Austria, it will be exhibited at Christie's auction with an estimate of $ 15 million!
The gem was mined at the now closed legendary Indian Golconda diamond mine, which is famous for its stunning purity of diamonds.
This diamond enviable historical "family tree" - the stone belonged to the Austrian Archduke Joseph August, and later became the property of his son Franz Joseph, who in 1933 put it in the vault of the Hungarian National Credit Bank.
3 years later, in 1936, the diamond was sold to an anonymous buyer, who hid the stone firmly, and Nazi soldiers during the Second World War could not find him.
Diamond has emerged on the market in 1961 and has since had to change many owners.