Update 4/25/2025: The Golconda Blue will not be sold at Christie's in May. Instead, per a spokesperson for the auction house, the owners of the gem are now pursuing a sale within their family ...

The 23.24-carat “Golconda Blue” fancy vivid blue diamond has been pulled from the May 14 Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale. If it went to auction it would have been the largest fancy ...

Christie's is getting ready to present The Golconda Blue, the largest Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond ever to be offered at auction. Weighing 23.24 carats, this gemstone will headline Christie's ...

Why are they so special? Golconda diamonds possess a higher degree of transparency which is very rarely seen in the diamonds coming from the other regions in the 14th and 15th centuries.

What particularly drew buzz online was Isha’s diamond necklace, which many pointed out bore a striking resemblance to the one worn by Anne Hathaway in the heist film Ocean’s 8.

Christie's will sell the largest fancy Golconda blue diamond ever to be offered at auction in Geneva in May.

Researchers suggest that the famed Golconda diamonds, including the Hope Diamond and Koh-i-noor, may have originated from a volcanic outcrop nearly 200 miles from where they were mined.

Hailed as one of the most important and rarest blue diamonds ever discovered, the diamond finds its origins in the legendary Golconda mines.

Experts have confirmed from the diamond's geology that it did come from the Golconda area of southern India. The opulence of Shah Jahan's court was a marvel in 17th century India.

An extremely rare diamond necklace with possible historical links to Marie Antoinette has been sold at auction for nearly $5 million.