Antonio Bianco
Antonio "Nino" Bianco (26 December 1951 – 15 June 2009)[1] was a South African scientist of Italian ancestry.
Bianco, who was born into a family of
United States in 1976. He was especially well known for cutting large diamonds, including a significant number of stones weighing more than 100 carats (20 g) when cut, including the "Dream Diamond", a 100-carat (20 g) fancy colored yellow diamond he produced for the Graff diamond company in 2006, with estimated value at the time of £13 million.[citation needed
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Bianco died of cancer on 15 June 2009.[2]
References
- ^ Fox, Margalit (27 June 2009). "Antonio Bianco, Who Teased Luster and Light From Diamonds, Dies at 57". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
- ^ Antonio Bianco obituary The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2009.