an Indian diamond with a roughly pear-shaped outline and random faceting, including two Arabic inscriptions, the first reading "Shah Akbar, the Grand King, 1028 A.H." (The letters mean Anno Hegirae). The second inscription read "To the Lord of Two Worlds, 1039 A.H. Shah Jehan". The diamond was reportedly part of the original Peacock Throne. Purchased in 1886 in Istanbul by London merchant George Blogg, who re-cut it from 116 carats (23 g) to a pear-shape of 71.70 carats (14.34 g), thus destroying the historic inscriptions. Blogg was the last known owner and the stone's whereabouts are presently unknown. Related information: | |
a 101.29-carat (20.26 g) antique cushion-shaped brilliant fancy vivid yellow diamond. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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antique cushion-shaped stellar brilliant, 28 carats (5.6 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a 33.74 carat (6.748 g) pear-shaped black diamond which sold for $352,000 in 2001. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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antique cushion-shaped brilliant, originally weighing 78.54 carats (15.71 g), purchased by Molina Jewelers of Arizona sometime in the late-1990s and slightly re-cut to 76.45 carats (15.29 g) to improve clarity and symmetry. D color, Internally Flawless. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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102.48 carats (20.50 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a display of 240 fancy-colored diamonds. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a display of 296 diamonds of natural colors. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a 34-carat (6.8 g) diamond not to be confused with the Sancy. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a 67.50-carat (13.50 g) cushion-cut black diamond, also called the Eye of Brahma Diamond. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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30.82-carat (6.16 g) heart brilliant. Part of the Smithsonian collection. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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90.38 carats (18.08 g) - possibly the oldest diamond on record. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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273.85 carats (54.77 g), modified heart-shaped brilliant, the world's largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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largest round brilliant-cut diamond ever put on auction. Sold on November 14, 2007 at Sotheby's in Geneva to Georges Marciano of the Guess clothing line for $16.2 million, the second-highest price ever paid for a diamond on auction. Took 2 years to cut. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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discovered in 1902 in South Africa as a 280-carat (56 g) crystal. At first diamond was cut to 142 carats (28 g), and next the cut was three times changed to 112 carats (22 g), a cushion-cut of 109.28 carats (the weight Lawrence Copeland's "Diamonds - Famous, Notable and Unique" lists it at) measuring 1? × ? × ? inches, and finally into a radiant-cut gem of 79.12 carats (15.82 g) to eliminate all flaws. It is Fancy Yellow and Internally Flawless.[1] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found at 3106.75 carats (621.35 g). It was cut into 105 diamonds including the Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, 530.2 carats (106.04 g), and the Cullinan II or the Lesser Star of Africa, 317.4 carats (63.48 g), both of which are now part of the British Crown Jewels. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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Cullinan Heritage diamond | set the record for the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond in February 2010 when it was sold for $35.3m (£23m) to a Hong Kong jeweller. Petra Diamonds mined the stone in 2009 at their Cullinan Diamond Mine (formerly the Premier Mine) in South Africa.[2] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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the largest pink diamond in the world, about 182 carats (36 g), part of Iranian Crown Jewels. Its exact weight isn't known and 186 carats (37 g) is an estimate. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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widely considered to be the largest artificially irradiated diamond in the world, at 104.52 carats (20.90 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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weighing 5.03 carats (1.01 g), the third-largest known red diamond, was bought in a flea market on a hatpin by Sidney deYoung a prominent Boston estate jewelry merchant. It was donated by him to the Smithsonian InstitutionNational Museum of Natural History. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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41-carat (8.2 g) antique pear-shaped brilliant - its color is the result of natural irradiation Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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47-carat (9.4 g) antique oval brilliant, near-colorless Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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38-carat (7.6 g) antique round cut Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a 111.59-carat (22.32 g) pear-shaped diamond with a strong coffee-like brown color. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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the first diamond found in South Africa, a yellow-brown 21.25-carat (4.25 g) stone (before cutting) resulting in a finished diamond 10.73 carats (2.15 g) Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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52-carat (10 g) antique pear-shaped brilliant with an odd, random facet pattern Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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the largest known diamond in the world prior to the Cullinan at 970 carats (190 g), it was later cut into 10 pieces of various sizes (13–68 carats) Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a lost diamond, light yellow with a weight of 137.27 carats (27.45 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a world's largest, flawless, 'perfect-cut' Canary Yellow diamond (43.5 carats). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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the largest faceted diamond ever cut at 545.67 carats (109.13 g) Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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104.15 carats (20.83 g) Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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fabled 280-carat (56 g) mogul-cut diamond, now lost, although presumed by historians to have been re-cut as the Orlov. Related information: | |
a heart-shaped black diamond, weighing 115.34 carats (23.07 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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perhaps the largest fancy vivid blue, weighing 27.64 carats (5.53 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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45.52 carats (9.10 g), is a Fancy Dark Grayish-Blue diamond and supposedly cursed. Almost certainly cut from the French Blue Diamond. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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peach color, formerly part of the French Crown Jewels. Displayed in the Louvre. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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70.21 carats[3] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a brownish-yellow diamond of 407.48 carats (81.496 g) cut from an 890 carat (178 g) rough diamond of the same name - it appeared on eBay in 2002. Internally Flawless clarity. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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weighing 184.5 carats (36.90 g) also known as Imperial Diamond & Victoria Diamond. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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weighing 34.48 carats (6.90 g), found in West Virginia by the Jones family. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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originally known as the Reitz Diamond; perhaps the sixth-largest in the world at 245.35 carats (49.07 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a 5.05-carat (1.01 g) Emerald-cut red diamond formerly known simply as "Red Diamond". It was cut from a 35-carat (7.0 g) piece of boart discovered near Lichtenburg, South Africa. It reappeared in 2007 after a 37-year absence from sight, and was purchased by Kazanjian Brothers Inc. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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55.09 carats[4] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a 105.6 carat (21.6 g) white of Indian origin, with a long and turbulent history and a good deal of legend surrounding it. After belonging to various Mughal and Persian rulers, it was taken away from the Maharaja Duleep Singh of Lahore and was presented to Queen Victoria during the British Raj, and is now part of the Crown of Queen Elizabeththe Queen Mother. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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was a stone originally 601 carats (120 g) with the largest stone 71.73 carats (14.35 g) after cutting. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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is the 15th-largest diamond, the tenth-largest white diamond, and the largest diamond to be found in 13 years. The original stone was 603 carats (121 g), although the largest diamond after the cutting was 75 carats (15 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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at 203.04 carats (40.61 g) is the second-largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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24.04 carats (4.81 g) Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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the largest known Fancy Red, at 5.11 carats (1.02 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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112.53 carats (22.51 g), Fancy Intense Yellow cushion-shaped brilliant.[5] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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43.38 carats (8.68 g) Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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79.41 carats (15.88 g), fine quality antique pear-shaped brilliant, sold by Harry Winston to private collector in 1961. Thought to have originated from the Golconda Mines.[6] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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reportedly 340 carats (68 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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around 60 carats (12 g) and part of the Iranian crown jewels. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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the only known natural Fancy Deep Blue-Green, and weighs 5.51 carats (1.10 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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one of the largest gem-quality uncut diamonds in the world, at 253.7 carats (50.7 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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an Indian mogul cut rumored to have served as the eye of a Hindu statue, and currently is part of the Kremlin diamond fund, weighing approximately 190 carats (38 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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weighs 137.82 carats.[7] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a colorless cushion-shaped stellar brilliant diamond weighing 41.28 carats (8.26 g). Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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Porter Rhodes Diamond | a colorless 54-carat (11 g) Asscher-cut stone.[8] Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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127-carat (25 g) antique emerald cut with a pale yellow body color and very strong blue fluorescence. Part of the Smithsonian's collection. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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137.02-carat (27.4 g) stone cut from a 353.9-carat (70.8 g) rough gem of the same name Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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perhaps the largest fancy vivid orange diamond (5.54 carats), modified cushion-shaped brilliant. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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205.07 carats (41.01 g), yellow, cushion-shaped stellar brilliant cut.[9] Related information: | |
weights 140.64 carats (28.13 g), is cushion-shaped stellar brilliant cut, formerly belonging to Louis XV, Louis XVI, and Napoleon Bonaparte, it now resides in the Louvre. Related information: 1. What is the royal history of diamonds? 2. What is the romantic history of diamonds?
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a shield-shaped pale yellow diamond currently in the Louvre, weighing 55.23 carats (11.05 g). |