The 8.03 carat blue diamond ring that could fetch up to £2 million

• An extraordinarily rare blue diamond ring is expected to fetch up to £2 million at an auction in London on 1 October.
• The 8.03 carat Fancy Light Blue diamond ring is being sold by a collector based in Glasgow.
• It is only the third blue diamond weighing over eight carats ever offered at auction in the UK.
• The central gem is framed by concentric borders of round brilliant-cut pink and white diamonds.
• The only previous blue diamonds over eight carats auctioned in the UK were sold in 1865 and 2008, according to Elmwood’s.

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Extraordinary rare blue diamond ring could fetch millions at London auction