Origin of name
The Mouawad Pink diamond like all other Mouawad eponymous
diamonds, gets its name from the internationally renowned jeweler and
entrepreneur Robert Mouawad, who is the head of the international jewelry
empire Mouawad Jewelers, a name synonymous with exceptional quality, beauty,
and excellent craftsmanship in fine jewelry. Robert Mouawad is also a
collector and connoisseur of diamonds, having a collection of around 20
famous and historic as well as modern rare diamonds.
Characteristics of the
diamond
The Mouawad Pink diamond is a radiant-cut, fancy pink
diamond, having a VS-1 clarity and weighing 21.06 carats. The radiant-cut is
a combination of the emerald-cut on the top of the diamond and the
brilliant-cut on the bottom of the diamond. The combination brings out the
brilliance of the brilliant-cut, and shows off the color of the diamond as
in emerald-cut diamonds.
In terms of size the Mouawad Pink diamond is the smallest
of both the Mouawad's collection of diamonds and the Mouawad eponymous
diamonds. Yet, the present estimated value of the diamond is over 12 million
US dollars.
Robert Mouawad's collection of diamonds
|
S/N |
Name |
carat weight |
color |
Shape/Cut |
|
1 |
Jubilee |
245.35 |
D-color |
cushion |
|
2 |
Premier rose |
137.02 |
D-color |
pear |
|
3 |
Queen of Holland |
135.92 |
D-color |
cushion |
|
4 |
Mouawad Magic |
108.81 |
D-color |
emerald |
|
5 |
Unnamed |
106.00 |
|
modified pear |
|
6 |
Mouawad Monolith |
104.02 |
|
emerald |
|
7 |
Mouawad Splendor |
101.84 |
D-color |
pear |
|
8 |
Ahmedabad |
78.86 |
D-color |
pear |
|
9 |
Excelsior I |
69.68 |
D-color |
pear |
|
10 |
Taylor-Burton |
68.07 |
D-color |
pear |
|
11 |
Mouawad Mondera |
60.19 |
D-color |
pear |
|
12 |
Star of Abdul Aziz |
59.00 |
D-color |
pear |
|
13 |
Mouawad White |
48.28 |
D-color |
marquise |
|
14 |
Indore Pears I |
46.95 |
D-color |
pear |
|
15 |
Indore Pears II |
46.70 |
D-color |
pear |
|
16 |
President Vargas |
44.17 |
|
emerald |
|
17 |
Mouawad Blue |
42.92 |
fancy blue |
pear |
|
18 |
Mouawad Lilac |
24.44 |
fancy pink |
emerald |
|
19 |
Mouawad Pink |
21.06 |
fancy pink |
radiant |
List of Mouawad"s eponymous
diamonds
|
S/N |
Name |
Carat Weight |
Shape/Cut |
Color |
|
1 |
Mouawad Magic |
108.81 |
emerald |
D-color |
|
2 |
Mouawad Monolith |
104.02 |
emerald |
|
|
3 |
Mouawad Splendor |
101.84 |
pear |
D-color |
|
4 |
Mouawad Mondera |
60.19 |
pear |
D-color |
|
5 |
Mouawad white |
48.28 |
marquise |
D-color |
|
6 |
Mouawad blue |
42.92 |
pear |
fancy blue |
|
7 |
Mouawad Lilac |
24.44 |
emarald |
fancy pink |
|
8 |
Mouawad Pink |
21.06 |
radiant |
fancy pink |
The Mouawad Pink diamond is a Type IIa diamond. These
diamonds are nitrogen free or contain undetectable quantities of nitrogen.
They constitute 1-2 % of all naturally occurring diamonds. Normally, Type IIa
diamonds have a perfectly formed crystal structure, and therefore these
diamonds are absolutely colorless. However a small percentage of Type IIa
diamonds, probably less than 0.1 %, have crystals that are plastically
distorted. These diamonds are no longer colorless, but assume various rare
fancy colors, such as pink, red, purple, brown, etc. This is because the
deformed areas absorb visible light in different regions of the spectrum,
imparting different colors.
History
All information about the diamond is totally lacking
except for the characteristics of the diamond, it's current estimated value and the fact that it is part
of the impressive collection of diamonds belonging to Robert Mouawad.
Mouawad Jewelers was established in 1890, i.e. 117 years
ago, in Beirut, Lebanon, by Daoud Mouawad, the grandfather of Robert Mouawad,
who had previously learnt the art of jewelry crafting in New York and
Mexico. Subsequently the business was inherited by his son Fayes, who made a
wise decision by shifting his base of operations to Saudi Arabia, which
provided unlimited opportunities for the expansion of his business, and to
benefit from the growing affluence of Saudi Arabia and other oil producing
countries of the Persian Gulf. Robert Mouawad inherited the business from
his father Fayes Mouawad, and was responsible for laying the foundations, to
transform the business into a global concern. Under Robert Mouawad's
stewardship the business expanded into Europe and later North America and
the Far East. Today, Mouawad Jewelers has 16 offices and 8 factories across
the globe. Besides this, they have a chain of 16 showrooms in the Middle
East and 37 showrooms in Asia, and the company employs over 1,400 workers to
man this international network of offices, factories, and showrooms.
The Mouawad family had made an enormous contribution for
the development of the international gem and jewelry trade. Their donation
of 6.8 million dollars to the Gemological Institute of America (G.I.A.) had
gone a long way in boosting the activities of the Institute, which included
the providing of scholarships to young gemologists from around the world, to
study at the Main Campus of the G.I.A. at Carlsbad, California. This campus
has been named the Robert Mouawad Campus, in recognition of his generous
contribution to the institute.
Robert Mouawad took an active part in international
diamond auctions from the early 1970s, and began a quest for world renowned
historic diamonds in order to begin his own diamond collection. In the
course of time his acquisitions included the following historic diamonds :-
the Ahmedabad, the Excelsior I, the Indore Pears, the Jubilee, the Queen of
Holland, the Tereschenko, and President Vargas. The modern diamonds he
acquired included the Premier Rose, the Taylor-Burton, the Star of Abdul
Aziz and eight eponymous diamonds bearing his name.
It is worthwhile recollecting here the highly
philosophical statement about diamonds, made by one of the world's greatest
connoisseurs and collectors of diamonds, Robert Mouawad, after reflecting on
his amazing diamond collection; "Each diamond is unique and has personality
traits, some more appealing than others. The whiteness or fancy color, the
size, the clarity, the cut, the immortal character, are all factors that
contribute to the overall beauty of a stone. But it is the human touch that
unveils it's beauty. In it's rough state it hides it's true potential value.
Also the true historical value of a gem from it's formation to it's birth on
the earth's surface and the many lives it has affected, are all intangibles
that add to it's mystique."
