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A model poses with a 59.60-carat oval mixed-cut pink diamond, known as 'The Pink Star', during a Sotheby's media preview in Hong Kong on March29, 2017, to promote its auction on April 4.
A plum-sized pink diamond is expected to break the world record for a gemstone early next month when it goes under the hammer in Hong Kong, Sotheby's auction house. / AFP PHOTO / Anthony WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)