{"id":2785,"date":"2021-02-08T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:48:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T10:48:54","slug":"a-rare-blue-diamond-the-heart-of-eternity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/a-rare-blue-diamond-the-heart-of-eternity\/","title":{"rendered":"A rare blue diamond: The Heart of Eternity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2785\" class=\"elementor elementor-2785\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50f0145 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"50f0145\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ce4a15f\" data-id=\"3ce4a15f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d611c87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3d611c87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-589867ae elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"589867ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7a8eb\" data-id=\"b7a8eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e284ffc elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e284ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>P<strong>erfect blue diamonds\u00a0are very rare. Most of the time they have some sort of imperfection like a white side or gray and\/or black undertones. One of the most well known perfect\u00a0blue diamonds\u00a0is <em>the\u00a0Heart of Eternity<\/em>. Its perfection granted it a place in the\u00a0De Beers Millennium Jewels collection, which featured 10 of the most exquisite blue diamonds in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e0ef0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39e0ef0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Heart of Eternity diamond features:<\/h4><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/the-4cs\/\">Colour<\/a>: Fancy Vivid Blue<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/the-4cs\/\">Carats<\/a>: 27,64<\/li><li><a href=\"#\">Cert<\/a>.: GIA<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/the-4cs\/\">Cut<\/a>: Heart diamond cut<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/trade-distribution\/\">Price<\/a>: Estimated at 16 million USD<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63fede00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63fede00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0ec05ecac69a2920e94ff7703af6e77b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2791\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0ec05ecac69a2920e94ff7703af6e77b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/0ec05ecac69a2920e94ff7703af6e77b-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67537777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67537777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fed8be7f6a9a58fbf263aa5d4c6e647e.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2789\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fed8be7f6a9a58fbf263aa5d4c6e647e.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fed8be7f6a9a58fbf263aa5d4c6e647e-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f4594ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f4594ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The origin of the Heart of Eternity<\/h4><p>The Heart of Eternity was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/mining\/\">found<\/a> in the South African Premier Diamond Mine, which is the largest supplier of blue diamonds in the world. Don\u2019t be fooled though, only 0.1% of their total production consists of blue diamonds which equals about one blue diamond each year.<\/p><p>The honour of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/the-4cs\/\">cutting<\/a> this diamond into its current form befell the Steinmetz Group. They owned this precious blue diamond before selling it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/trade-distribution\/trade-distribution\/\">De Beers Group<\/a>. The Heart of Eternity was first unveiled to the public in January 2000 as part of the aforementioned De Beers Millennium Jewels collection.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abed63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abed63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/159035ff2830182721f9cac2f65af06c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2786\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/159035ff2830182721f9cac2f65af06c.jpg 353w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/159035ff2830182721f9cac2f65af06c-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f7347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77f7347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The current owner of the Heart of Eternity<\/h4><p>Millions of people were able to admire the diamond at the exhibition and later in the\u00a0Smithsonian Museum. During its stay at the Smithsonian, it was noted to be on loan from a private collector. This of course fuels speculation that it was sold during the De Beers exhibition in the Millennium Dome in London.<\/p><p>Blue diamonds take six spots in the top ten most expensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/the-4cs\/\">coloured<\/a> diamonds. Values are as high as 550.000 USD to 580.000 USD per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/exhibits-themes\/the-4cs\/\">carat<\/a>, likely making the Heart of Eternity one of the most expensive diamonds ever sold.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-57def667\" data-id=\"57def667\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-480d06ed elementor-hidden-tablet\" data-id=\"480d06ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781c72fe elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-posts--show-avatar elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"781c72fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-6854 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diamond-museum-amsterdam\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/i-want-to-buy-a-diamond-what-should-i-pay-attention-to\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1b2c7c0d-20df-455a-85a9-f70eb7f1846c-300x200.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-6734\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1b2c7c0d-20df-455a-85a9-f70eb7f1846c-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1b2c7c0d-20df-455a-85a9-f70eb7f1846c-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1b2c7c0d-20df-455a-85a9-f70eb7f1846c-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1b2c7c0d-20df-455a-85a9-f70eb7f1846c-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1b2c7c0d-20df-455a-85a9-f70eb7f1846c-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/1b2c7c0d-20df-455a-85a9-f70eb7f1846c-700x467.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">Diamond Museum Amsterdam<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__avatar\">\n\t\t\t<img alt='Machiel Mol' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e31d6b3ba4812a02c9f381c37c0060e42b6c939bdadf2095aa035dafabef590?s=128&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e31d6b3ba4812a02c9f381c37c0060e42b6c939bdadf2095aa035dafabef590?s=256&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-128 photo' height='128' width='128' \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/i-want-to-buy-a-diamond-what-should-i-pay-attention-to\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tI want to buy a diamond &#8211; what should I pay attention to?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/i-want-to-buy-a-diamond-what-should-i-pay-attention-to\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about I want to buy a diamond &#8211; what should I pay attention to?\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tFebruary 7, 2022\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-avatar\">\n\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-2839 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-diamond-museum-amsterdam\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/the-ashberg-diamond-one-of-the-most-famous-amber-colored-diamonds\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bb0cf9e03a46f46aea88d4002fb0bfb7-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2840\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bb0cf9e03a46f46aea88d4002fb0bfb7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bb0cf9e03a46f46aea88d4002fb0bfb7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bb0cf9e03a46f46aea88d4002fb0bfb7-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bb0cf9e03a46f46aea88d4002fb0bfb7-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bb0cf9e03a46f46aea88d4002fb0bfb7.jpg 564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__badge\">Diamond Museum Amsterdam<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__avatar\">\n\t\t\t<img alt='Linda Snoek' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4902a9dd9fcb1e682bda88f955b1510e0aea50aef0f4677d35e3a660db562b0?s=128&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4902a9dd9fcb1e682bda88f955b1510e0aea50aef0f4677d35e3a660db562b0?s=256&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-128 photo' height='128' width='128' \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/the-ashberg-diamond-one-of-the-most-famous-amber-colored-diamonds\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe Ashberg Diamond: one of the most famous amber-colored diamonds\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/the-ashberg-diamond-one-of-the-most-famous-amber-colored-diamonds\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Ashberg Diamond: one of the most famous amber-colored diamonds\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tMay 1, 2021\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-avatar\">\n\t\t\tNo Comments\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfect blue diamonds\u00a0are very rare. Most of the time they have some sort of imperfection like a white side or gray and\/or black undertones. One of the most well known perfect\u00a0blue diamonds\u00a0is the\u00a0Heart of Eternity. Its perfection granted it a place in the\u00a0De Beers Millennium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamond-museum-amsterdam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5247,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/5247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondmuseum.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}