Upon creating amazing black diamond jewelry for his luxury jewelry house de Grisogono, chairman and founder Fawaz Gruosi enjoys a special place in diamond history: he is credited with popularizing the fascination with black diamonds in 1996 - a fascination that continues today.
He also had a rare opportunity - a rare opportunity even for a grand jeweler like himself: he got to name a diamond. Naming a diamond is something reserved only for original buyers of a rough diamond. The de Grisogono founder chose the name "The Gruosi" for the incredible 115.34-carat black diamond. In fact, Fawaz Gruosi has actually been involved in naming two diamonds - the other being the 312.24-carat "The Spirit of Grisogono," also a black diamond with the famous Swiss jeweler Mr. de Grisogono. These two black diamonds are the two largest black diamonds in the world.
"The Gruosi" is now part of this stunning necklace that features 378 white diamonds, 14.10-carats of tsavorite garnets and the center, faceted, heart-shaped 58.77-carat black diamond, set in white gold. Discovered in India in 1998, the original rough black diamond weighed a shocking 300.12-carats. Mr. Gruosi and Mr. de Grisogono had planned to cut the rough diamond into an oval shape; however, the cutting process proved to be very difficult due to its fragility, a trait common to black diamonds. The pair decided to proceed in a direction with their black diamond choosing a heart shape. They cut the diamond into its current heart shape despite the incredible loss of carat weight it would suffer; the now heart-shaped black diamond of "The Gruosi" is less 184.78 carats. Mr. de Grisogono had the honors of cutting of "The Gruosi" black diamond which took a patience-building three years to complete.
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