Imperial Diamonds

Imperial diamonds (High Cipritine: adamantes imperiales) are pure purple fancy-coloured diamonds mined exclusively on Bostra. They are exceedingly rare, with only 1 in every 10,000 carats of all diamonds mined on Bostra exhibiting their signature purple colouration. Due to their rarity, the mining of imperial diamonds is a tightly controlled state operation, both to deter smuggling and to ensure reserves are not exhausted. The ownership of such diamonds is restricted by law to the Imperial Family of Palaven, the primatial families of the empire's colonies, and individuals who have inherited them from an ancestor who earned the rank of primarch. As such, a family owning even just one imperial diamond is seen as a mark of high social status and good breeding.
== Notable imperial diamonds ==
* Star of Palaven - The largest imperial diamond ever discovered in Bostra's equatorial desert, the Star of Palaven was once set into the crossband of the Imperial State Diadem. It is now set into the Aurelian Throne of Palaven, upon which all Primarchae of Palaven are anointed. It weighs in at an incredible 3106 carats.
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