Famous
Diamonds
*
The Allnatt
Diamond, a
large Fancy
Vivid Yellow
diamond
* The Agra
Diamond
* The
Amsterdam
Diamond, a
33.74 carat
(6.748 g)
black
diamond
which sold
for $352,000
in 2001
* The
Archduke
Joseph
Diamond
* The
Ashberg
Diamond
* The
Briolette of
India
Diamond
* The
Centenary
Diamond, the
world's
largest
colorless
(grade D),
flawless
diamond
* The Chloe
Diamond, the
largest
top-quality,
brilliant-cut
white
diamond ever
to appear at
auction,
bought for
just under
$16.2
million and
named by
Georges
Marciano,
founder of
Guess Jeans.
* The
Cullinan
Diamond, 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).
(Feature of
the British
Crown Jewels
Imperial
State Crown)
* The Darya-ye
Noor
Diamond, the
largest pink
diamond in
the world,
about 186
carats (36.4
g), part of
Iranian
Crown
Jewels. Its
exact weight
isn't known
and 186
carats is an
estimate.
* The
Deepdene,
widely
considered
to be the
largest
artificially
irradiated
diamond in
the world
* The De
Young Red
Diamond, 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 museum
of natural
history.
* The
Dresden
Green
Diamond -
its colour
is the
result of
natural
irradiation
* The
Dresden
White
Diamond
* The
Dresden
Yellow
Diamond
* The Dudley
Diamond,
more
commonly
known as the
Star of
South
Africa.
* The Beau
Sancy, a
34-carat
diamond not
to be
confused
with the
Sancy.
* The Blue
Heart
Diamond
* The Earth
Star Diamond
a
111.59-carat,
pear-shaped
diamond with
a strong
brown color.
* The
Empress
Eugenie
Diamond
* The
Excelsior
Diamond, the
largest
known
diamond in
the world
prior to the
Cullinan
* The
Florentine
Diamond, a
lost
diamond,
light yellow
with a
weight of
137.27
carats
(27.45 g).
* The Golden
Jubilee
Diamond, the
largest
faceted
diamond ever
cut at
545.67
carats
(109.13 g)
* The Graff
Blue Diamond
* The Great
Chrysanthemum
Diamond
* The Great
Mogul
Diamond
* The Gruosi
Diamond
* The Heart
of Eternity
Diamond,
perhaps the
largest
Fancy Vivid
Blue
* The Hope
Diamond,
Fancy Dark
Grayish-Blue
and
supposedly
cursed.
Almost
certainly
cut from the
French Blue
Diamond
* The
Hortensia
Diamond
* The Idol's
Eye
* The
Incomparable
Diamond, a
golden
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
* The Jacob
Diamond
weighing
184.5 carats
(36.90 g),
also known
as Imperial
Diamond &
Victoria
Diamond.
* The Jones
Diamond
* The
Jubilee
Diamond,
originally
known as the
Reitz
Diamond;
perhaps the
sixth-largest
in the
world.
* The
Kimberley
Diamond
* The
Koh-i-Noor,
very old
(mentioned
in Baburnama
of 1526) and
surrounded
by legend
and believed
to be the
most
precious. It
was stolen
by a indian
King when
the British
ruled in
India(Feature
of the
British
Queen
consort's
Crown, last
worn by HM
Queen
Elizabeth,
The Queen
Mother
before her
death in
2002.)
* The
Lesotho
Promise, is
the
15th-largest
diamond, the
tenth-largest
white
diamond, and
the largest
diamond to
be found in
13 years
* The
Millennium
Star, at 203
carats is
the
second-largest
colorless
(grade D),
flawless
diamond.
Pumpkin
Diamond
Pumpkin
Diamond
Koh-i-Noor
Koh-i-Noor
* The Moon
of Baroda
* The
Moussaieff
Red Diamond,
the largest
known Fancy
Vivid Red
* The Mouna
Diamond
* The Nassak
Diamond
* The Nepal
Diamond
* The Nizam
Diamond
* The
Nur-Ul-Ain
Diamond
* The Ocean
Dream
Diamond, the
only known
natural
Fancy Deep
Blue-Green
* The
Oppenheimer
Diamond, one
of the
largest
uncut
diamonds in
the world
* The Orlov,
an Indian
rose cut
rumored to
have served
as the eye
of a Hindu
statue
* The
Paragon
Diamond
* The Porter
Rhodes
Diamond, a
colorless
53-carat
Asscher cut
stone
* The
Portuguese
Diamond
* The
Premier Rose
Diamond,
137.02-carat
(27.4 g)
stone cut
from a
353.9-carat
(70.8 g)
rough gem of
the same
name
* The
Pumpkin
Diamond,
perhaps the
largest
Fancy Vivid
Orange
* Pure
Perfection,
84 carats,
pure white.
The largest
brilliant-cut
diamond ever
put on
auction.
Sold on Nov.
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.
* The Red
Cross
Diamond
* The Regent
Diamond,
formerly
belonging to
Louis XV,
Louis XVI,
and Napoleon
Bonaparte,
it now
resides in
the Louvre
* The Sancy,
a pale
yellow
diamond
currently in
the Louvre
* The Shah
Diamond,
very old
yellow
diamond
(found
approximately
in 1450 in
India)
currently
housed in
the Diamond
Fund in
Kremlin
* The Spirit
of de
Grisogono
Diamond, the
world's
largest cut
black
diamond
* The
Spoonmaker's
Diamond,
circa
86-carat (17
g) diamond
housed in
Topkapı
Palace in
Istanbul.
* The Star
of Arkansas
* The Star
of the East,
a 95-carat
(19 g) stone
once owned
by Mrs.
Evalyn
McLean of
Washington
DC, who also
owned the
Hope Diamond
* The Great
Star of
Africa or
Cullinan
Diamond, the
largest
rough
gemstone-quality
diamond ever
found at
3,106.75
carats.
* The Star
of the South
* The
Steinmetz
Pink
Diamond, the
largest
known Fancy
Vivid Pink
* The
Taylor-Burton
Diamond
* The
Tiffany
Yellow
Diamond
* The Uncle
Sam Diamond,
the largest
discovered
in the US
* The Vargas
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