Gemstone

A 2,500-carat diamond was found, valued at $90 million

A few days ago, 52-year-old Lucas Ncipe, assistant general manager of the Canadian diamond mining company Lucara, received a phone call from one of his engineers working at the Karowe mine in Botswana. “We found something incredible,” was the phrase he heard. He almost dropped the phone when he realized what it was about: the second-largest diamond in the world, weighing 2,492 carats.

Iran's long-lasting love for gemstones

At a prominent Shiite shrine in southern Tehran, Qasem Ashgari was buying yet another gemstone ring in the hope it would help his prayers to be answered promptly.

Asghari, in his 30s, who was already wearing several bands on each hand, had a specific ring in mind: A silver one, adorned with yellow agate and engraved with religious scripts.

Rare Mughal era eyeglasses up for sale

A pair of rare diamond and emerald spectacles from an unknown Indian princely treasury will be sold at an auction in London later this month.

The lenses were placed in the Mughal-era frames around 1890, according to auction house Sotheby's.

The spectacles will be offered at auction for $2 million - $3.4 million each, the auction house said.

Large Medieval Gold Treasure Seized from Treasure Hunters in Bulgaria's Kazanlak

A large medieval gold treasure consisting of adornments made of the precious metal and semi-precious stones has been discovered by accident by the police in the town of Kazanlak in Central Bulgaria inside the car of what appear to be treasure hunters.

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Watch Victoria’s Secret Angel Lily Aldridge wearing $2million Fantasy Bra (vid)

Victoria’s Secret model Lily Aldridge will wear the Fantasy Bra which costs $2million at the lingerie giant’s fashion show in December.

Vogue posted a video of supermodel dancing around in the Fireworks Fantasy Bra, which has 6,500 precious gems.