It’s not 100 percent certain why the Eternal Pink is so vividly colored.
A pink diamond, described as the “most important pink diamond” to ever come to market, sold for a record-breaking $34.8 million within just two minutes at an auction by Sotheby’s New York on Thursday afternoon.
TheEternal Pinkis a 10.57-carat diamond that’s said to have a “flawless” clarity. Mined in 2019 at the Damtshaa mine in Botswana, the diamond has since been fashioned into a cushion cut and set in a ring. Beyond its high quality, its stand-out feature is undoubtedly its electric “bubblegum” pink color.
The science behind this vivid coloration is not known, further adding to the object’s appeal to consumers. Typically, diamonds become colored thɾօυɢҺ the presence of trace elements, such as boron which gives diamonds a blue hue. Oddly, however, pink diamonds do not contain any trace elements.
