LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PRESENTS THE CORA SUN-DROP DIAMOND

THE CORA SUN-DROP DIAMOND IS AMONG THE MOST STUNNING DIAMONDS IN THE WORLD, SO RARE THAT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TRULY DETERMINE IT VALUE. WHICH IS WHY NO ONE HAS EVER TRIED. NO WONDER MODEL JERRY HALL WAS BEDAZZLED BY THE GEM TODAY AS IT ARRIVED AT LONDON'S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM WHERE IT IS TO BE DISPLAYED IN 'THE VAULT'. AT 100 CARATS, THE CORA SUN-DROP IS ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF A WOMAN'S THUMB AND IS THE LARGEST VIVID YELLOW PEAR-SHAPED DIAMOND KNOWN IN THE WORLD. IT HAS BEEN LENT TO THE MUSEUM BY LEADING US DIAMOND MANUFACTURER CORA INTERNATIONAL FOR DISPLAY TO VISITORS FOR A LIMITED TIME FROM TOMORROW. THE UNUSUAL YELLOW COLOURED GEM STEMS FROM THE VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF NITROGEN WITHIN THE CARBON STRUCTURE OF THE STONE. DIAMONDS WITH A STRONG SATURATED COLOUR REPRESENT ONLY A TINY PERCENTAGE OF ALL NATURAL DIAMONDS, AND WHEN IT'S MORE THAN 100 CARATS, IT TAKES ON A HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE AS SO FEW VERY FEW EXIST. THE DIAMOND WILL BE IN GOOD COMPANY. 'THE VAULT' IS A PERMANENT GALLERY AT THE NATURAL MUSEUM DEDICATED TO SOME OF MOTHER NATURE'S MOST RARE, UNIQUE AND VALUABLE TREASURES THROUGH ITS COLLECTION OF THE FINEST GEMS, CRYSTALS, METALS AND METEORITES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THESE INCLUDE THE DEVONSHIRE EMERALD, THE AURORA PYRAMID OF HOPE - A WORLD CLASS COLLECTION OF 296 NATURALLY COLOURED DIAMONDS - HERON-ALLEN'S CURSED AMETHYST AND THE NAKHALA, AN EXTREMELY RARE MARTIAN METEORITE.