The 55.23 carat (11.05 g) Sancy diamond is named after the Seigneur de Sancy, a gem connoisseur who gained prosperous advantages by loaning it to royalty.
"I hate that aesthetic game of the eye and the mind, played by these connoisseurs, these mandarins who 'appreciate' beauty. What is beauty, anyway? ...I love or I hate."
The 55.23 carat (11.05 g) Sancy diamond is named after the Seigneur de Sancy, a gem connoisseur who gained prosperous advantages by loaning it to royalty.