Between 1671 and 1673, well before it became the Hope diamond, the brilliant-blue French Blue diamond was cut from the Tavernier Blue ...
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The Bazu was a colourless stone of 32.62 carats. It has only been mentioned once in history, but what a time! Fact Sheet• Weight: 32.62 ...
The 45.52-carat, steel-blue Hope diamond started life as a rough crystal weighing 112 carats. Fact Sheet• Weight: 45.52 ...
It has been said that whoever owned the Koh-i-noor ruled the world. Indeed, it has been the centre of many bitter battles, particularly across ...
According to the famous French diamond merchant and explorer Jean Baptiste Tavernier, the Great Mogul was discovered around 1550 in the Gani mine ...
The Great Table diamond was first reported by gem merchant Tavernier in 1642. Fact Sheet• Weight: 242.31 carats• Dimensions: 59.42mm x ...
There are diamonds of many different colours that are of high value. There are diamonds as green as the Elysian Fields, as black as the night sky ...
The Dresden Green is a 40.70-carat green diamond measuring 29.75mm x 19.88mm x 10.29mm. Fact Sheet• Weight: 40.70 ...
The Nur-ul-ain is a brilliant-cut oval diamond of around 60 carats. Its name means “light of the eye” in Persian and Arabic. Fact Sheet• ...
In the rough, the Tiffany Yellow was a beautiful, canary-yellow octahedron weighing 287.42 carats and possibly found at either the De Beers or ...
The Spoonmaker’s origin is not clear; however, the official historian of the Ottoman court, Rasid, describes it thusly: Fact ...
According to the legend, the 67.50-carat, cushion-cut Black Orlov is said to have taken its name from the Russian Princess Nadia Vyegin-Orlov, to ...
