A COLOURED DIAMOND AND DIAMOND RING, BY MICHAEL YOUSSOUFIAN
A COLOURED DIAMOND AND DIAMOND RING, BY MICHAEL YOUSSOUFIAN

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A COLOURED DIAMOND AND DIAMOND RING, BY MICHAEL YOUSSOUFIAN
The fancy white diamond weighing 8.46 carats within a pavé-set rose-cut diamond bombé surround with brilliant-cut pink diamond detail, in fitted Michael Youssoufian case
With maker's mark for Michael Youssoufian
Accompanied by report No. M1E69440 dated 28 March 2007 from the International Gemological Institute stating that the diamond is natural Fancy White

拍品专文

Colour in diamond is generally caused by the accidental inclusion of trace elements such as boron turning diamonds blue and nitrogen turning diamonds yellow. In this case it is the presence of severe fluorescence causing opalescence which gives this stone a strong milky white colour. A dramatic change occurs when viewed under ultraviolet light. Some of the smaller diamonds on the mount of this ring show the same phenomenon. The designer has carefully selected these highly opalescent diamonds in order to create a ring that will have a dramatic appearance depending on the lighting conditions.