A Pair of Important Diamond Studs Round Brilliant-cut Diamonds of 5.03 and 5.02 Carats D Flawless Type Iia, Platinum

Rarity multiplies when it is matched, and this pair is rare on every count one could name. Two round brilliant-cut diamonds of 5.03 and 5.02 carats are set in platinum, graded D in colour and belonging to the exceptional Type IIa class — the purest colour the scale records, carried by stones from the rarest chemical category a diamond can claim. To find one such diamond is uncommon; to match two of them to within a hundredth of a carat, in calibrated weights just over ten carats together, is the kind of achievement that defines a true high-jewellery pair rather than merely a pleasing one. Type IIa diamonds are near-free of the nitrogen that tints ordinary stones, which is exactly why the historic great diamonds so often share the trait, and the D colour completes that purity at the very summit of the grading scale. The round brilliant cut releases that transparency as disciplined, even fire, while platinum — dense, enduring, and naturally white — frames the stones without lending so much as a whisper of colour. Clarity is confirmed on request, in keeping with our practice of documenting rather than declaring ahead of grading. As a holding, a matched D-colour Type IIa pair in platinum is about as concentrated a store of value as wearable jewellery is ever able to offer. This pair bears the Legacy mark and sits within our high-jewellery diamond stud collection, made for the collector who understands that the rarest qualities are written in chemistry long before they appear on any certificate. They are an inheritance of purity, set to last quite as long as the metal that holds them, and to mean more with each generation that keeps them. To secure a single Type IIa diamond of D colour is the achievement of a lifetime for many collectors; to set two of them as a calibrated platinum pair is the kind of holding that families build a wider collection around, confident that its core will never lose its standing. Distinction of this depth is not something to acquire on a single afternoon's impulse; it asks to be understood first. Because these stones are presented without standing laboratory papers, independent certification can be commissioned on request to record the clarity and confirm the Type IIa classification in writing for the file. To witness that matched transparency in person, and to have its rarity set out fully, a private appointment can be arranged in our Negotiation Room at a moment of your choosing, entirely without pressure of any kind.

Specifications

• Metal: Platinum
• Earring type: Stud
• Diamond / Gem weight: 5.02ct
• Cut / Shape: Brilliant, Round
• Colour: D