Jeweller - June 2021

THE MAGIC
OF THE
ARGYLE
MINE
The discovery of the Argyle Mine in the remote Kimberley region
of Western Australia opened up the source of approximately 90
per cent of the world’s supply of pink diamonds.
Their unique, intense and vivid colour tones made them desirable
to international jewellers, collectors, investors and connoisseurs.
It is of little surprise that terms such as “iconic”, “nature’s gift”,
“magical” and “mystical” have been used to describe their
appearance. Due to their rarity and escalating price over three
decades, they have been referred to as the most concentrated
form of wealth on Earth.
AN ETERNAL LEGACY
This special Collector’s Edition report has been created in order to
independently grade and verify the origin of natural pink and other
fancy colour diamonds from Australia’s Argyle Mine.
The story of these diamonds is unique. They were discovered in 1979
on an anthill in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia
and continue to be coveted by jewellers, collectors and investors
throughout the world.
They have often been referred to as “Earth’s magic”.
The internationally accepted gemological standards used in the
Collector’s Edition grading process enables us to preserve the legacy
of these rare diamonds, even years after the Mine’s closure in 2020.