粉钻“粉红之星”卖出8300万美元天价
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A diamond known as the Pink Star has sold for $83m at auction1 in Geneva - a record price for a gemstone.

一颗名为“粉红之星”的宝石在日内瓦的一场拍卖会上以8300万美元价格成交——创造了宝石价格的历史之最。
The moment the Pink Star diamond was sold for a record breaking price
The moment the Pink Star diamond was sold for a record breaking price
 
The diamond measures 2.69cm by 2.06cm and is set on a ring.
 
The Pink Star was sold to Isaac Wolf, a well known New York diamond cutter who has renamed it the Pink Dream.
 
The winning bid surpasses2 the $46.2m paid for the Graff Pink diamond three years ago, which was half the size of the Pink Star.
 
The $83m includes Sotheby's commission3.
 
The winning bid was for 68m Swiss francs ($74m) and reports say there was a long silence between that offer and the previous telephone bid of 67m Swiss francs.
 
"Ladies and gentlemen, 68 million is the world record bid for a diamond ever bid and it's right here," Sotheby's David Bennett said as he brought down the hammer. 
 
Sotheby's played the theme tune4 from the "Pink Panther" movie after the winning bid was confirmed.
 
Origins
 
According to the auctioneer, the Pink Star was mined by De Beers in Africa in 1999, but it did not say which country.
 
"It's really extraordinarily5 rare," said Mr Bennett.
 
"Very, very few of these stones have ever appeared at auction."
 
It took two years to cut and polish the diamond, which was 132.5 carat in its rough state.
 
In its finished condition the Pink Star is 59.60 carat, more than double the size of the next biggest diamond in its class.
 
A carat is a weight measurement used for gemstones and is 0.2g (0.00705 ounces).
 
Sotheby's has sold almost $200m worth of jewellery in its current auction, a record for a single auction according to the company.


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1 auction 3uVzy     
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
参考例句:
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
2 surpasses c3c982ed3ccb74d3611e269abe920f41     
v.超过( surpass的第三人称单数 );优于;多于;非…所能办到
参考例句:
  • Each generation surpasses the preceding one. 一代更比一代强。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Her beauty surpasses all description. 她的美丽超出了人力所能描绘的限度。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 commission 1bkyS     
n.委托,授权,委员会,拥金,回扣,委任状
参考例句:
  • The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金。
  • The commission is made up of five people,including two women.委员会由五人组成,其中包括两名妇女。
4 tune NmnwW     
n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整
参考例句:
  • He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
  • The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
5 extraordinarily Vlwxw     
adv.格外地;极端地
参考例句:
  • She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
  • The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨,大海出奇地宁静。
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