A pink diamond has sold for a record-setting price at auction.

An 11.5-carat pink diamond just set a new world record, selling for $57.7 million, which is more than $5 million per carat.

It shatters the previous record of nearly $2.7 million per carat for a Fancy Vivid Pink Diamond that sold in 2018.

The flawless Wiliamson Pink Star diamond was found in Tanzania, in one of the oldest operating diamond mines in the world.

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The chairman of jewelry and watches at Sotheby’s Asia told Forbes the diamond has the best qualities possible for a pink diamond.

The diamond was auctioned off Friday at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.

The bidding was live-streamed and was quickly reduced to three participants — someone at the Hong Kong Convention Center and two phone bidders.

The person at the convention center ended up being the highest bidder.

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