For every 1 000 000 carats 200 kg of rough pink diamonds produced by the mine only 1 carat 0 20 g polished will be offered for sale at the tender.
Argyle mine pink diamonds for sale.
It is an invitation only event.
As the world s only significant supplier 90 of pink diamonds globally are sourced from the argyle diamond mine in remote western australia.
In its 2018 argyle pink diamonds tender a tender is an occasion when the best of a mine s diamonds are offered for sale and is a very exclusive affair rio tinto unveiled the argyle muse the largest purplish red diamond ever offered at tender.
The argyle pink everlastings collection.
All pink diamonds fall into two dna classes type ia and type iia.
An historical collection showcasing 64 carefully curated certified and boxed sets of premium argyle pink diamonds melee in the rarest saturated pink and red hues the argyle pink everlastings represented the first and also one of the last offerings of its kind from the argyle diamond mine.
Its was also a great year for purple diamonds with the tender including two purplish red.
The other 10 of pink diamonds mined and sold globally that are not from the argyle mine are predominantly from africa india and brazil with a small amount of pink purple extracted from mines in canada and russia.
This adds a unique rarity to a piece of jewellery set with a pink argyle diamond.
The colours of pink argyle diamonds range from the palest of pinks to a rose red to purplish pink.