The 15 most expensive diamonds

"Girls' best friends are diamonds" is a famous song from the musical and the movie "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Well, it's time to get acquainted with the largest, rarest, and most importantly – the most expensive "friends" in the world. These stones stand like whole cities, and are distinguished not only by their fabulous prices, but also by incredible colors, impeccable shape and rich history. Ehhh... dreaming is not harmful.

(15 photos in total)

1. Diamond "Pink Star" at Sotheby's auction in London. This is a pink diamond at 59.60 carats, which is considered the most expensive of all that has ever been auctioned. On November 13 of this year in Geneva, the diamond went for a record amount of $ 83 million. (Andy Rain / EPA)

2. A bright blue 10.48 carat diamond at auction in Geneva. The diamond went under the hammer for $ 10.86 million on November 14, 2012. This is a new record for blue diamonds. (Dominic Favre / EPA)

3. A 52.82 carat white diamond ring at Sotheby's auction on April 12, 2010 in London. The ring was sold in Geneva on May 11, 2010 for $8,553,345.(Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

4. An employee of Sotheby's auction house holds the world's largest oval white diamond at 118.28 carats. It was sold in Hong Kong on October 7, 2013 for $30.8 million. (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

5. Flawless Annenberg diamond in 32.01 carats on the ring, framed by two pearl-shaped diamonds weighing 1.5 and 1.61 carats. The ring went for $7.7 million. (Michael Nagle / Getty Images)

6. A 24.78 carat pink diamond at an auction in Geneva on November 10, 2010. Six days later, this diamond ring went for $46,158,674. (Valentin Flauraud / Reuters)

7. "Orange" is a bright orange pear-shaped diamond weighing 14.82 carats. The largest known orange diamond in the world was sold in Geneva for $ 36 million.

8. Josephine Johnson, manager of a jewelry company from Rio, holds a red diamond – one of the rarest in the world. The diamond, dubbed "Phoenix", was sold for $ 2 million. It was found in Western Australia. (David Gray / Reuters)

9. Flawless bright blue diamond in 7.59 carats at auction in New York. This is the world's largest round blue diamond, approved by the Gemological Institute of America. It was going to be sold for $ 19 million at an auction in Hong Kong, but it never found its buyer. (AP, Reuters)

10. This 12.76 carat pink diamond is the largest of the rare gems ever found in Australia. It was discovered in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and it took 10 days to be cut in Perth. (Rio Tinto / AFP — Getty Images)

11. A 19.72 carat transparent diamond ring from the famous Tiffany jewelry house. It was part of a jewelry collection owned by the late heiress of the American tobacco magnate Doris Duke. The ring was sold for $ 1.2 million at an auction in Rome. (Pier Paolo Cito / AP)

12. This rare pink diamond is nicknamed "Princi". It was sold for $39.3 million to an anonymous buyer at Christie's auction on April 16, 2013 in New York. Thus, he came in second place in the list of the most expensive diamonds sold at auction. (AP)

13. Yellow diamond in 110.03 carats. This is the brightest color of a gemstone. The stone in the photo became the world's largest yellow diamond and was sold at auction for more than $10.9 million. (Anja Niedringhaus / AP)

14. One of the largest diamonds ever found in the Sotheby's auction house. Such a stone should only be kept in gloves. Due to its perfection and color, it is one of the most valuable in the world. Weight – 103.83 carats. They intend to sell it at auction for $ 36 million. (John Stillwell / AP)

15. This pear-shaped diamond in 35 carats was worn by Maria de' Medici during her coronation in 1610.

It went for $9.7 million at an auction in Geneva on May 15, 2012. The stone was named Beau di Sancy - in honor of the collector of precious stones Nicolas Arly di Sancy, who bought it in Constantinople at the end of the XVI century. He passed from generation to generation in the royal families of England, France, Prussia and the Netherlands and witnessed 400 years of European history. (AFP — Getty Images)