Namakwa Diamonds announced two rare rough diamonds, a 7.53 carat vivid orange and a 26.74 carat D color Type IIa stones, both with flawless potential, are being tendered in Johannesburg.


Namakwa’s Head of Sales & Trading, Heno Kruger said, “Given the rarity and desirability of stones of this size, we expect it to be the talk of the town for some time to come.”

The diamonds were recovered from the South East Node of Namakwa’s North West Province mining operations in South Africa. Namakwa Diamonds is an integrated diamond resource group focused on Southern Africa founded by Tom Kruger in 1979.

Are they trying to reproduce the Pumpkin Diamond's unique story? Shame the Orange will only yield around 3cts, but stunning none the less.

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Natural Pearls

Hopefully this will be a picture of a couple of natural, undrilled pearls with a one penny coin for scale, from my collection. I will post a little more information at a later date, but for now, the one on the left is a Natural Tahitian and the one on the right is a Natural Akoya.