Pink diamond sold for $26.6M
“玫瑰之魂”钻石拍出1.76亿
A giant, flawless pink diamond sold for $26.6 million at auction in Switzerland, according to Sotheby's auction house.
据苏富比拍卖行称，一颗巨大的、无瑕的粉色钻石在瑞士拍卖会上以2660万美元（约合人民币1.76亿元）的价格拍出。
On its website, the "Spirit of the Rose" diamond is described as a "superb and magnificent fancy vivid purple-pink diamond."
在苏富比官网上，拍卖行将这颗“玫瑰之魂”钻石描述为“顶级的、华丽的艳彩紫粉钻”。
"Fancy vivid" is the gemological term for the deepest shade of pink diamonds.
“艳彩”是最深色粉钻的宝石界术语。
The stone was unearthed in northeastern Russia in July 2017 and originally weighed 27.85 carats.
这颗钻石于2017年7月开采于俄罗斯东北部，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.
宝石专家用了一年多的时间对“玫瑰之魂”进行切割打磨，该粉钻成型后重14.83克拉，为俄罗斯有史以来开采出的最大粉钻。