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Biggest white diamond ever auctioned fetches $18.8 million

GENEVA

: The

Rock

, the biggest

white

diamond ever auctioned, sold for a hammer price of 18.6 million Swiss francs ($18.8 million) on Wednesday, far short of the record for such a jewel.

The 228.31-carat stone, larger than a golf ball, was sold by Christie's auction house in Geneva. The world record for a white diamond still stands at $33.7 million, fetched in the Swiss city in 2017 for a 163.41-carat gem.
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