The 8-sided “Flanders Cut” bears the name of the region where this gorgeous diamond was first polished. Flanders is the Northern Federal region of the Kingdom of Belgium. The capital of Flanders is Antwerp, which is considered to be the world capital of diamonds. More than 50% of the world’s production of rough, polished and industrial diamonds passes through Antwerp. The Antwerp diamond sector has an annual turnover of about 40 billion U.S. dollars.