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*SPARKLING BRILLIANT DIAMONDS
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WELCOME COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN FOR DIAMONDS
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FAMOUS DIAMONDS OF THE
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De
Beers 'Millennium Star'
203 carats 2
Heart of Eternity
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Blue Diamond 3
Moussaieff Red.
Largest red diamond in the world. 4
Harry Winton Orange
Pumpkin Diamond.
5.54 carats. 5
The Allnatt.
One of the world finest yellow diamonds. 101.29 carats. De Beers mine South Africa. 6
Ocean
Dream..
Worlds largest natural blue-green diamond 7
The Steinmetz Pink..
59.6 carats. Reputedly the worlds finest diamond bar none. Internally flawless. Took 20 months by a team of experts to cut it. Found in South Africa. 8
Hope Diamond .
Blue Heart ... 45.52 carats. After a ultraviolet blue light was shone on the diamond an intense orange phosphorescence was very visible.The Hope Diamond--the world's largest deep blue diamond--is more than a billion years old. It formed deep within the Earth and was carried by a volcanic eruption to the surface in what is now India. Since the Hope Diamond was found in the early 1600s, it has crossed oceans and continents and passed from kings to commoners. It has been stolen and recovered, sold and resold, cut and re-cut. Through it all, the diamond's value increased. In 1958, Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Museum, and it now belongs to the people of the United States. Visit the Museum to learn more about the dramatic interactions between people and this diamond, and about its natural history. Visit the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals which opened in September, 1997. WEIGHT: 45.52 carats DIMENSIONS: Length 25.60 mm Width 21.78 mm Depth 12.00 mm CUT: Cushion antique brilliant with a faceted girdle and extra facets on the pavilion. CLARITY: VS1. Whitish graining is present. COLOR: Fancy dark grayish-blue more info 9
Oppenheimer Diamond.
Yellow. 10
Argyle Cerrone.
Champagne diamond from the Argyle mine in Western Australia the largest supplier of diamonds and some of the rarest in the world. Mrs. Jeannette Howard the wife of the prime minister Mr. John Howard presented the rich cognac coloured gem to the Smithsonian institute on the suggestion by the Australian cultural attache to the USA at the time doing so to ensure a place as major diamond suppliers to the world. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |