The Lesotho Promise Neckace

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Aug 7th 2008 at 2:02PM

Back in February I mentioned that Graff Diamonds had cut the the 603-carat Lesotho Promise diamond into 26 smaller diamonds varying in size from .52 carats to 76.41 carats each with a D Flawless grade (a total of 223.25 carats). Graff is in the process of turning the story of the 18 months of cutting and polishing the stones into a book and documentary. Now they have turned these those stones into one spectacular necklace, The Lesotho Promise Necklace.

The Lesotho Promise, mined at the Letseng mine in Lesotho, is the 15th largest rough diamond ever recovered and was sold to Graff and its partner polishing company Safdico for $12.36 million in October last year. The necklace is part of the company's display of magnificent jewels in Monte-Carlo and is available for viewing until August 10 at the Salle Empire, Hotel De Paris in Monte-Carlo along with rare gems from Graff's collection including The Flame, a 100-carat pear-shaped D-flawless diamond.

The stones are valued at $50 million but a value hasn't been given for the finished piece. Laurence Graff has vowed not to split up the set of diamonds and so this necklace has a small set of potential buyers, people in the world with the wherewithal to afford it. Monte Carlo seems the perfect place to display it to the wealthy.

Tags: diamond necklace, DiamondNecklace, diamonds, graff diamonds, GraffDiamonds, laurence graff, lesotho diamond, lesotho promise

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kenny17995 Aug 7th 2008 4:24PM

that necklace is amazing. i wonder who would shell out $50 million for it though.

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nancy Aug 29th 2008 7:36AM

that has to be one of the gaudiest, ugliest necklaces i have ever seen. what are the gems strung on, wire? i can't imagine anyone wanting to wear that.....less is more....

Diamond_Girl Aug 31st 2008 4:27PM

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