Antonio Bianco
Deceased Person
1951 – 2009
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Who was Antonio Bianco?
Antonio "Nino" Bianco was a South African diamond cutter of Italian ancestry.
Bianco, who was born into a family of gemstone cutters, moved to the United States in 1976. He was especially well known for cutting large diamonds, including a significant number of stones weighing more than 100 carats when cut, including the "Dream Diamond", a 100-carat fancy colored yellow diamond he produced for the Graff diamond company in 2006, with estimated value at the time of ₤13 million.
Bianco died of cancer on 15 June 2009.
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