Petra Diamonds sold five rare blue diamonds from the Letlapa Tala Collection,weighing 85.6 carats in total, to a partnership between De Beers and Diacore for $40.36 million, Rough & Polished reports.
The five Type IIb blue diamonds, ranging in size from 9.6 carats to 25.8 carats, were mined at Petra’s flagship Cullinan mine in South Africa.
Petra chief executive Richard Duffy commented: “[…] We believe this to be the first time that five rough blue diamonds of significant size, colour and clarity have been offered for sale at one time and we are delighted that the collection has been bought in its entirety”.
