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Liz Taylor’s Heritage Auction Through the World Record

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The relics owned by actress Elizabeth Taylor has just auctioned successfully penetrated the world record. During the week belonged to Elizabeth Taylor’s legacy auction took place at Christie’s auction in New York. Friday (16.12.2011) the auction was over and total sales reached U.S. $ 153 million.

There are various relics movie stars ‘Cleopatra’ is being auctioned. Ranging from fancy dresses, jewelry and a number of art objects. Most of the auction price ‘legacy’ Liz Taylor sold at a price that exceeds the estimate. For example, a director’s chair made ​​of wood and leather of his film ‘Poker Alice’, sold U.S. $ 84,100. Initially the seat was only expected to sell for U.S. $ 3000-5000.

Fantastic prices occurred in a dress and jewelry, relics of an actress who died at the age of 79 years, it’s March. Wedding rings with Richard Burton Taylor sold U.S. $ 1 million. Another fantastic prices occurred in pearl jewelry auction ever used the European nobility and Burton bought for Taylor in 1969. Jewelry was sold at a price of U.S. $ 11.84 million. Earlier jewelry was estimated at a price of U.S. $ 2-3 million.

The most expensive record price for a collection of Liz Taylor is a diamond and Bulgari necklace that sold U.S. $ 6.1 million. Bulgari brooch with matching necklace also sold U.S. $ 6.6 million.

Jewelry Trend 2012, White Gold with Diamond Studded

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Jewelry Trend 2012, White Gold with Diamond Studded. Women will never escape from its accessories. Jewelry trend in 2012, will still be dominated by white gold. But for the gem, but is no longer a single carat diamond has been cut and placed side by side. This applies both for rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

Usually a one-eyed ring grain size of 1 carat diamond, the trend is now carrying a white gold ring with 13 diamond grains are small, neatly lined up across the surface of the ring. The size of each diamond is 1 carat, but each diamond is cut so that the measure becomes zero point so the rust.

This Jewelry can be a complement to your casual wear. More attractive when you wear it with a cloth tied around the waist beach wear accessories and sunglasses and beach hats. You can also modify your old jewelry into new accessories, so you have a unique and interesting style. To follow the trend, not only based on the existing models. You can create your own distinctive features without having to miss the trend.

Contact Lenses decorated with 18 Diamonds

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Contact Lenses decorated with 18 Diamonds. As we know have many types of contact lenses. Starting from colored lenses, cat’s eye until Lady Gaga style that can give a big effect on the eyes. Now, there is the latest innovation in the beauty industry, which created a contact lens from the diamond. After using this unique contact lens, the eyeball becomes more sparkle.

Creator of unique contact lens is Dr. Chandrashekhar Chawan, an ophthalmologist from India. He got the idea when his wife embed diamonds in his teeth. Dr. Chandrashekhar aware that the diamond much in demand by women. Not only used as jewelry but also as an accessory. A total of 18 pieces of diamond circle on the contact lens. Dr. Chandrashekhar ensure it is safe to use contact lenses.

Dr. Chandrashekhar Boston scleral lenses. The lens can be to treat sore eyes and can protect the cornea from irritants. Contact lenses for U.S. $ 15 thousand. He hoped that these new innovations can be sold outside India.

Kate Middleton Wear “15 thousand pounds” Earrings On Her Wedding

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Kate Middleton seen wearing a pair of diamond earrings on her wedding day. Reportedly, earrings designs of Robinson Pelham Zoe Benyon was worth 15 thousand pounds. Earrings were a gift from her parents for the wedding of the princess. Robinson Pelham was never released these earrings price. However, according to sources close to the designer, earrings were worth 15 thousand pounds.

Kate’s earrings used oak leaf-shaped diamond combined with a pear shape. Earrings were designed specifically for precise match with tiaras which used the wife of Prince William. Earring design inspired by the new symbol Kate Middleton family.

Meanwhile, William and Kate is currently enjoying a brief honeymoon. The couple was seen leaving Buckingham Palace in a helicopter Sikorsky S-76C’s maroon colored Queen of England on Saturday (04/30/2011) at 11:15 London time. William and Kate was forced to postpone plans for their honeymoon abroad. That’s because William had to go back on duty in the Royal Air Force on Tuesday (03/05/2011). A royal source revealed that William and Kate flew to Balmoral, Scotland.

Shoes Of Gold and Diamond

Monday, April 18th, 2011

A designers from Britain, Christopher Michael Shellis designed a shoe made ​​of gold and diamond. With a fantastic price, USD 1.97 billion, the shoe was claimed as the world’s most expensive shoes.

Christopher Michael Shellis was not a shoe designer like Christian Louboutin. He is a leading jewelry designer. Therefore, the original purpose of making the world’s most expensive shoes was to create a unique form of jewelry and can be worn on the feet, instead of creating a shoe.

What makes these shoes so expensive? Making shoes is done by a team of experts of gold jewelry. With temperatures over 1,000 degrees Celsius, each shoe is made of pure gold and more than 2,200 30-carat diamond.

Shoes that according Shellis already has some enthusiasts have been exhibited at the exhibition of jewelry ‘the Artbox in the Mailbox’. The exhibition took place from 16 April, held in Birmingham, England.

The Trully Diamond

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Most people who have heard the word diamond, certainly thinks that it was expensive. Surely not all diamonds are expensive, only a few are expensive diamonds.

Diamonds have a very simple chemical composition, namely the element carbon and present in the plants, living things and various kinds of rocks formed by nature in the earth’s temperature and pressure conditions are very high for billions of years until the diamonds that it is today.

The Causes of Color Diamonds.
When joined with the element carbon element nitrogen, that diamond crystallization takes place. Forming a pseudo-yellow colored diamond. If the element nitrogen stout then color the diamond will be more yellow. The fewer elements the less nitrogen yellowish color. At the very white diamonds (Color D on the GIA color scale), the nitrogen element was not found at all.

* The blue Hope diamond, containing boron acting as a cause of blue color.
* Diamonds are green, because natural radiation during the crystallization process occurs in the bowels of the earth.
* Diamonds pink, red, and brown, occurs because the composition of the structure – atomic structure that is damaged or deformed.

Some Types of Diamonds
Broadly speaking, diamonds can be classified into several types, namely:

* TYPE IA, is a diamond containing nitrogen and usually colored yellow pseudo very young to quite old: 99 percent of diamonds are found originating from Type IA
* TYPE IB, is a diamond that contains one element of nitrogen, and usually a fancy yellow diamond.
* TYPE IIA, is a diamond that is free of elemental content of nitrogen, mostly white, some are brown.
* TYPE IIB, is a diamond containing boron and blue diamonds are very rare type IIB.

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