Breathtaking blue diamond goes up for auction

Monday, November 14, 2016
GENEVA, Switzerland -- If diamonds are a girl's best friend, this one is her BEST friend forever.

This stunning 8.01-carat beauty is going up for auction at Sotheby's later this month, and it could fetch as much as $25 million, experts estimate.
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According to the auction house's website, the square-cut diamond from luxury jeweler Cartier has a "geometric mount set with brilliant-cut and baguette diamonds."

It has been dubbed the Sky Blue Diamond.
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Blue diamonds are among the rarest diamonds, according to the Gemological Institute of America, with deeply saturated blues among the rarest gemstones, period.
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