No wonder model Jerry Hall was bedazzled by the gem today as it arrived at London's Natural History Museum where it is to be displayed in The Vault.
At 110-carats, the Cora Sun-Drop is roughly the size of a woman's thumb and is largest vivid yellow pear-shaped diamond known in the world.
The yellow Cora Sun-Drop pear-shaped diamond is so rare that no-one has even tried to put a value on it
Its unusual yellow colour stems from the very small percentage of nitrogen within the carbon structure of the stone.
Diamonds with a strong saturated colour represent only a tiny percentage of all natural diamonds, and when it more than 100 carats, it takes on a historic significance as so few exist.
Model Jerry Hall is dazzled by the 110-carat diamond as it is unveiled to the world at London's Natural History Museum today
These include the Devonshire Emerald, the Aurora Pyramid of Hope - a world-class collection of 296 naturally coloured diamonds - Heron-Allen's cursed amethyst and the Nakhla, an extremely rare Martian meteorite.
Alan Hart, the Natural History Museum's minerals curator, told BBC News: 'I've never seen a stone such as this.
Only a tiny percentage of the world's diamonds have such a strong saturated colour, and Jerry seems to think it would be a perfect fit for her engagement finger
For more than 30 years, Cora International has been a leading supplier for all qualities of white and fancy coloured diamonds and has cut some of the most sought-after stones in the world.
Jerry obviously has her eye on the diamond, and clearly shows what an enormous stone it is
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