Leibish & Co. Unveils The ‘Prosperity Pink Diamond'

Leibish & Co. unveiled a 1.68-carat special vivid purplish-pink, I1 clarity, radiant-shaped polished diamond cut from rough the company won at this year’s Argyle pink diamond tender. Leibish, a Ramat Gan-based specialist in fancy color diamonds, reported that it won six of the 55 stones tendered by Argyle this year.

Shmulik Polnauer, chief buyer at Leibish & Co., explained that the company lost just three points from the original 1.71-carat rough stone, while significantly upgrading the diamond’s color intensity. Leibish noted that the stone is one of the largest Argyle vivid pinks currently available on the market.

The company noted that the number 168 has special significance in both Chinese and Hebrew, implying prosperity.

''Aside from its obviously extreme rarity and exquisite beauty, this 1.68-carat, fancy vivid purplish pink, radiant-shaped diamond is now considered by many to be a true sign of a path to prosperity,'' Leibish said. The company named the stone, ''The Leibish Prosperity Pink Diamond.''

-Rapaport