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Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond
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<p>The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is a 31.06-carat (6.212 g), deep-blue diamond with <a href="/facts/Diamond_clarity/CyJ4V2X7">internally flawless clarity</a>, originating in the <a href="/facts/Kollur_Mine/XdoHoJuG">Kollur Mine</a>, <a href="/facts/India/QW4TV4sy">India</a>. <a href="/facts/Laurence_Graff/EoGf0dk1">Laurence Graff</a> purchased the Wittelsbach Diamond in 2008 for <a href="/facts/Pound_sterling/cGgjUJwv">£</a>16.4 million. In 2010, Graff revealed he had had the diamond cut by three diamond cutters to remove flaws. The diamond was now more than 4 carats (800 mg) lighter and was renamed the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond. There is controversy, as critics claim the recutting has so altered the diamond, compromising its historical integrity. </p><p>Graff disagreed: "I decided that to create beauty, or acts of beauty, is not a sin. All we did was remove the blemishes and now it's true perfection." </p>