DIAMOND LAND

Elizabeth Taylor was a remarkable woman both on the big screen and in her personal life. While we won’t venture too deep in the latter, we can’t ignore her impressive jewellery collection. The two most impressive pieces of this collection are the Krupp diamond and the Taylor-Burton diamond.

Taylor-Burton diamond

The Taylor-Burton is named after both Elizabeth Taylor herself and her husband Richard Burton who purchased this precious stone in 1969. The original rough diamond was discovered three years earlier in South-Africa weighing an impressive 241 carats.

People love Belgian diamonds! According the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, the export of polished diamonds in Belgium rose 38 percent year on year. The export grew to $1.5 billion in June. What does this mean? The export grew 22 percent by volume and the average price of the polished diamonds increased by 14 percent. The net polished diamond exports increased in total by 9 percent.