$46 MILLION PINK DIAMOND, AN EYE-POPPER FOR MILLIONS OF GRAFF-GIRLS!

If it is a truism that diamonds are girls best friend, then London based diamond dealer Mr. Laurence Graff must have 46 million girls now swooning over for his affection, no matter how shallow and trifling. Mr. Graff just doled out $46 million USD for the mother of all diamonds - the 24.78 carat Fancy Intense Pink diamond; a sort of heirloom from 60 years ago when it was first sold by American Harry Winston into a private collection.

The pink diamond, sold and purchased at a rare gems auction held in Hotel Beau Rivage, Geneva, Switzerland by Sotheby's; is graded as 'Fancy Intense Pink' by the Gemological Institute of America. It is classified as type IIa diamond and regarded as the best there is - flawless, purest and the most coveted of all diamonds in the world; which explains the jaw-dropping amount of money that changed hands as bargain for its ownership. It comes from a genre of diamonds that make up only two percent of world's diamond population which makes it as rare as they come. The ladies magnet numero uno was described by David Bennett, chairman for Europe and the Middle East at Sotheby's international jewellery department as "a stone that has huge character and appeal." 

But regrettably no one ever told the world the origins of the diamond, where the diamond originally came from; whether it was from India where pinkies were first discovered or from one of the numerous mines in Africa which have been exploited over the many years fueling ceaseless and needless blood-letting in the continent; which the movie, 'Blood Diamonds' tried to shine light on. Like the story of America, with history books replete with Christopher Columbus as discovering it and intentionally glossing over the facts that the Indians were here long before Columbus was even borntalkless of setting sail; so this diamond's history began 60 years ago when an American jeweler Winston sold it? Icheoku asks, why was the mine from which this diamond was harvested not mentioned for historical perspective or did America's Mr. Winston mine the diamond from underneath his ranch in Wyoming? We are talking about giving due credits here, people! 

'Pinky bling' was described by the Sotheby's as "exceptionally rare and truly magnificent pink diamond of the purest, vibrant hue." Enough encomiums to melt souls were stones animated and put millions of daughters of Eve into a tizzy as they profess their undying love for the diamond, masked as for Mr. Laurence Graff; the gemstones connoisseur who now owns the only very one stone which any connoisseur would die for just to get their hands on.Icheoku asks, how about that for bragging rights for Mr. Graff and also for being the payer of the most money for any diamond or jewelry or gemstone ever sold in an auction; shattering all records with his check? Finally as Icheoku says congratulations to this gemstone collector extra-ordinaire for his prized stone; we must add that millions of girls world over must be swooning at the thought of ever getting close to Mr. Graff, whether as a friend, acquaintance or 'just having any form of relationship with that man, Mr. LaurenceGraff!