# A brand-new blue diamond recently mined from the Cullinan mines of South Africa, Mediterranean Blue, has sold for 383-million-rand at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva, Switzerland. The bidding for the diamond, which weighs 10.3 carats, started at 198-million-rand. Sotheby’s head of jewels, Quig Bruning, says the gem ranks among the top blue diamonds they have sold:
South African rare blue diamond sold for R383-million at an auction [SOUND]
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