The spectacular African-inspired Ponahalo necklace, valued at $15 million (Rs 693,229, 237) and created by South African jewellery designer, Kevin Friedman, is in the news.
The two emerald-cut diamonds that originally formed the centerpiece of the Ponahalo are being auctioned off by Steinmetz (a company that provides rough and polished diamonds to customers) at Christie's, New York on October 15.
A little about the Ponahalo
Ponahlo was been embedded with 305 brilliant diamonds, which total over 290 carats. According to Foevermark, the prized necklace also incorporates the world's largest Forevermark diamond of 102 carats, along with four other Forevermark diamonds of 70, 12, 5 and 4 carats.
All five diamonds were cut from the same 316 carat rough diamond discovered in the De Beers' Venetian Mine in South Africa in 2005. The rough diamond was the largest ever found in Venetia.
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