Famous Diamonds
Agra Diamond
Like many historical diamonds, the Agra’s saga is a familiar combination of fact and legend, leaving the reader with the challenging ...
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Akbar Shah Diamond
Unfortunately, the history of famous diamonds is not without its list of casualties. In this category are those magnificent stones that somehow ...
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Archduke Joseph Diamond
This stone enjoys the distinction of being the twelfth largest “perfect” diamond in the world. Named for a military man of ...
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Banjarmasin Diamond
One could rightfully call this stone the Rodney Dangerfield of diamonds. Almost from the moment of its discovery, this diamond has ...
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Beau Sancy
This diamond's name is taken from its first recorded French owner, Nicolas Harlay de Sancy, a fancier of fine gems who ...
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Brunswick Blue
To paraphrase Charles Dickens, this is a tale of two diamonds. Purportedly cut from the same stone that produced the Hope Diamond, ...
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Cleveland Diamond
If ever fate has lent a hand in determining the course of a diamond's story, it is this one. Just a ...
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Cullinan Diamond
It was the late afternoon of January 25, 1905. Employees at the Premier Diamond Mine in the British African colony ...
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Darya-ye-Noor Diamond
Darya-ye-Noor Diamond. Darya-ye-Noor, translating “river of light” or “sea of light”, is the product of an undocumented – but what ...
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Dresden Green
The Dresden Green Diamond in its Setting. Labeled as the greatest example of a naturally green colored diamond, the Dresden Green ...
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Emperor Maximilian & Maximilian Diamonds
Although these two diamonds are often spoken about in the same breath, no two stones could be more different – ...
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Eugénie Diamond
Believed to be of Brazilian origin, this much-traveled diamond has not only changed hands many times, it’s also one of the few ...
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Excelsior Diamond
June 30, 1893, appeared to be just another day at the Jagersfontein Mine in South Africa until a worker, performing ...
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Florentine Diamond
Studying the history of this diamond is an exercise that will challenge even the most talented detective. Almost everything about this diamond’s ...
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Golden Jubilee
If you record size as the number one trait in judging the importance of a diamond then this stone would top your ...
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Great Mogul Diamond
This is the kind of story that would make a great Indiana Jones movie – solving the mystery of the ...
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Hastings Diamond
If ever there was a famous diamond named for a certified scoundrel, it’s the Hastings Diamond. Using this gem as a tool ...
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Holland Diamond (Stuart)
This is the story of a diamond whose beginnings and early history are unknown, a casualty of lost or poor documentation. It ...
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Hope Diamond
Thievery, royalty, revolution, gambling, eccentricity, mystery and curses are all part of the spectacular and storied past that is the ...
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Hortensia Diamond
It seems each famous diamond has some kind of mystery attached to it, usually involving the location of its discovery, the identity ...
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Idol’s Eye Diamond
Like many of its contemporaries, the Idol’s Eye diamond possesses an early history that combines a rich mixture of legend, myth, mystery, ...
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Kazanjian Red
Kazanjian Red Diamond.©Tino Hammid, Los AngelesThis stone belongs to an extremely small – and select - group of diamonds. It ...
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Koh-i-Noor Diamond
The Fabled Koh-i-Noor DiamondLike other famous gems, the Koh-i-Noor diamond has its share of mystery, intrigue, and curses attached to its long ...
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Le Grand Condé
Louis II de Bourbon - aka le Grand Condé If there was an award for the most gaps in a ...
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Mirror of Portugal
Owners of this stone ranged from the tenacious to the hapless, the romantic to the cunning. This diamond helped persuade a Queen ...
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Orlov Diamond
Perhaps there is no famous diamond with a more disputed history than that of the Orlov. Through the passage of ...
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Penthièvre
It is a diamond not as well known as its contemporaries. It is somewhat of an anomaly, for through its rich French ...
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Pigot Diamond
With apologies to Charles Dickens, this diamond’s story could be entitled the “Tale of Two Diamonds” for its history diverges ...
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Queen of Holland
As diamonds go this one is pretty impressive, not only because of its size but because of its renowned quality ...
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Regent Diamond
This magnificent gem has generated enough fodder to churn out a series of pulp fiction novels. Its travel through history is intertwined ...
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Sancy Diamond
Sancy Diamond - Part of the Crown Jewels of France on Display at the Louvre.Diamonds tend to be described in such ...
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Shah Diamond
Imagine a diamond where the reader is not faced with the challenge of trying to separate fact from fiction when researching ...
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Shah Jahan Table-Cut
By any gemological standard, the Shah Jahan Table-Cut Diamond is one impressive stone. Like many of its contemporaries, this diamond has gone ...
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Taylor-Burton Diamond
68.09 ct. Taylor-Burton Diamond, Suspended from an Oscar Heyman & Bros. Necklace. Currently Owned by Mouawad. This diamond is a stone whose ...
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Wittelsbach
The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond.Image Courtesy of Christie's Images, 2008 It’s that rare diamond that could match its color to the blue-blood of its ...
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