Famous Diamonds

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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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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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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ARCOTS – A Pair of Diamonds These two exceptionally beautiful pear-shaped diamonds began their travels from the Nawab of Arcot ...
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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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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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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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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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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, translating “river of light” or “sea of light”, is the product of an undocumented – but what ...
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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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Although these two diamonds are often spoken about in the same breath, no two stones could be more different – ...
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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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June 30, 1893, appeared to be just another day at the Jagersfontein Mine in South Africa until a worker, performing ...
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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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More Information Gems & Gemology: The Quarterly Journal of the Gemological Institute of America. G&G Article Index:  Famous Diamonds Below please ...
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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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This is the kind of story that would make a great Indiana Jones movie – solving the mystery of the ...
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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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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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Thievery, royalty, revolution, gambling, eccentricity, mystery and curses are all part of the spectacular and storied past that is the ...
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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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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 Diamond.©Tino Hammid, Los Angeles This stone belongs to an extremely small – and select - group of diamonds ...
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The Fabled Koh-i-Noor Diamond Like other famous gems, the Koh-i-Noor diamond has its share of mystery, intrigue, and curses attached to its ...
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Louis II de Bourbon - aka le Grand Condé If there was an award for the most gaps in a ...
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This diamond story is an unusual one. In most instances, a name is attached to one or perhaps two diamonds but in ...
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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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This particular stone could be the reason for the cliché “diamond in the rough.” During its early history, this stone ...
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Perhaps there is no famous diamond with a more disputed history than that of the Orlov. Through the passage of ...
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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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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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As diamonds go this one is pretty impressive, not only because of its size but because of its renowned quality ...
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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 - Part of the Crown Jewels of France on Display at the Louvre. Diamonds tend to be described in ...
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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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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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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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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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