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拍卖史上几款昂贵的钻石，你知多少？

Recently, the Pink Star has been sold in Hong Kong for more than 71 million dollars (57 million pounds), setting a new world record for any gemstone(宝石) at auction(拍卖). Now, let’s have a look at the previous records set in stone:

May 2016: A large diamond known as the Oppenheimer Blue set a new auction record, reaching a price of 50.6 million dollars, the most expensive gemstone before the Pink Star. The 14.62-carat gem was sold after 20 minutes of phone bidding at Christie’s auction house in Geneva. The buyer's identity is unknown.

November 2015: The Blue Moon, a 12.03-carat ring-mounted blue diamond, caught the eye of Hong Kong wealth man Joseph Lau, who paid a record 48.4 million dollars for the cushion-shaped stone. He bought it for his seven-year-old daughter, renaming it the “Blue Moon of Josephine” after her.

May 2015: An unnamed buyer made history after purchasing the Sunrise Ruby, a 25.59-carat “pigeon blood” coloured gemstone, for 30 million dollars. At that price, it became the world's most expensive precious stone other than a diamond.

November 2013: The Orange, the "largest vivid orange diamond in the world", according to Christie's, attracted the highest price paid per carat for any diamond at auction, selling for 35 million dollars, or 2.4 million dollars per carat.

November 2010: The Graff Pink, a 24.78-carat “fancy intense pink” stone described as “one of the greatest diamonds ever discovered”, auctioned for 46.2 million dollars. At the time it was believed to be the most expensive gemstone bought at auction and was sold to the well-known British dealer Laurence Graff.