"玫瑰之魂"鑽石拍出1.76億大綱
Pink diamond sold for $26.6M
“玫瑰之魂”鑽石拍出1.76億
A giant, flawless pink diamond sold for $26.6 million at auction in Switzerland, according to Sotheby's auction house.
據蘇富比拍賣行稱，一顆巨大的、無瑕的粉色鑽石在瑞士拍賣會上以2660萬美元（約合人民幣1.76億元）的價格拍出。
On its website, the "Spirit of the Rose" diamond is described as a "superb and magnificent fancy vivid purple-pink diamond."
在蘇富比官網上，拍賣行將這顆“玫瑰之魂”鑽石描述爲“頂級的、華麗的豔彩紫粉鑽”。
"Fancy vivid" is the gemological term for the deepest shade of pink diamonds.
“豔彩”是最深色粉鑽的寶石界術語。
The stone was unearthed in northeastern Russia in July 2017 and originally weighed 27.85 carats.
這顆鑽石於2017年7月開採於俄羅斯東北部，原石重27.85克拉。
It took over one year for gemologists to cut and polish the Spirit of the Rose down to its current 14.83 carat size; the gem is the largest pink diamond ever mined in Russia.
寶石專家用了一年多的時間對“玫瑰之魂”進行切割打磨，該粉鑽成型後重14.83克拉，爲俄羅斯有史以來開採出的最大粉鑽。
