10. FAMOUS DIAMOND OF THE WORLD

HERE THE LIST OF WORLDS FAMOUS DIAMOND……

DIAMOND ARE ADORED AROUND THE WORLD DUE TO ITS BEAUTY AND DISTINCTIVENESS.IT HOLDS A UNIQUE PLACE IN EVERY ONES HEART BECAUSE OF SIGNIFINCANCE IN EVERY CULTURE.

10. ”HORTENSIA”

20 CARATS PEACH COLOURED DIAMOND ITS NAMED AFTER QUEEN OF HOLLAND THE STEP DAUGHTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIT’S A PART OF FRENCH CROWN JEWELS CAN BE VIEWED AT THE LOUVRE IN PARIS

9. “THE BLUE HOPE”

45.52 CARATS BLUE COLOURED DIAMONDNAMED FOR ITS PURCHASER HENRY THOMAS HOPEIT HAS LONG ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY FOR ITS RUN OF BAD LUCK TO ITS OWNERORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO EUROPE FROM INDIA IN 1642IT IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE SMITHOSONIAN INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON

8. “THE SANCY”

THE SANCY IS A 55 CARATS DIAMONDIT WAS CUT IN PEAR SHAPETHE STONE IS NAMED AFTER FRENCH AMBASSDOR SEIGNER DE SANCYIT DISAPPERED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

7. THE TAYLOR-BURTON

69.42 CARAT OF DIAMOND IN WEIGHT WAS CUT FROM 240.80 CARAT ROUGHCOLOR: F-G CALARITY:IF CUT:PEAR-SHAPEIT WAS FOUNDED IN 1966 IN THE PREMIER MINE IN SOUTH AFRICARICHARD BURTON BOUGHT THIS FOR ELIZABETH TAYLOR AS AN ENGAGEMENT STONELAST SEEN IN SAUDI ARABIA

6. “THE IDOLS EYE”

THE 70.20 CARATS DIAMOND,FLATTENED PEAR SHAPED STONE THE SIZE OF A BANTAMS EGGANOTHER FAMOUS DIAMOND THAT WAS ONCE SET IN THE EYE OF AN IDOL BEFORE IT WAS STOLENIT WAS GIVEN AS RANSOM TO SULTAN OF TURKEY BY SHEIKH OF KASHMIR FOR PRINCESS RASHEETAH

5. KOH-I-NOOR(MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT)

IT’S A 105.60 CARATS, AN OVAL CUT GEM ITS PART OF BRITISH CROWN JEWELSITS HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1304 IS THE LONGEST OF ALL FAMOUS DIAMOND IN THE WORLDFROMRAJAHS OF MALWA TO MOGUL SULTAN BABUR AND OTHERS AND FINALLY TO EAST INDIA COMPANY WHO GIFTED IT TO QUEEN VICTORIAITS KEPT IN THE TOWER OF LONDON ;HAVING ORIGNATED FROM INDIA STILL MANY INDIANS DREAM OF BRINGING THE STOLEN KOH-I-NOOR TO INDIA

4. “THE REGENT”

140.50 CARATS PERFECT CUTDIAMOND HAS AN UNCONTESTABLE REPUTATION OF MOST BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND OF THE WORLDDISCOVERED IN INDIA IN 1698 WAS ACQUIRED BY THOMAS PITT WHO SENT IT TO ENGLAND WHERE IT WAS CUTIN 1717 THE REGENT WAS PURCHASED FOR FRENCH CROWNIT CAN BE SEEN TODAY AT THE LOUVRE IN PARIS

3. “THE CENETENARY DIAMOND”

273.85 CARATS DISCOVERED AT THE PREMIER MINE IN JULY 1986IT WEIGHED 599.10 CARATS IN THE ROUGH MASTER CUTTER GABI TOLKOWSKY WITH HELP OF HIS SMALL TEAM TOOK ALMOST 3 YRS TO MAKE IT IN TO WORLDS LARGEST MORDERN CUT TOP COLOUR FLAWLESS DIAMONDPOSSESSING 247 FACETS 164 0N CROWN 83 AND ON GIRDLEIT WAS UNVEILED AT TOWER OF LONDON IN 1991

2. “THE ORLOFF”

300 CARATS WHEN FOUND COLOR SLIGHTLY BLUISH GREEN CALARITY EXCEPTIONALLY PURE, CUT MOGUL CUT ROSE SOURCE INDIASAID TO BE SET IN EYE OF VISHNU IDOL IN SANCUTARY TEMPLE IN SRIANGAM STOLEN BY A FRENCH DESERTER IT WAS GIFTED TO EMPRESS CATHERINE BY HIS LOVER GRIGORI ORLOFFTHIS GEM IS NOW AT THE DIAMOND TREASURY OF RUSSIA IN MOSCOW

1. “THE GREAT STAR OF AFRICA”

530.20 CARATS STONE IS THE LARGEST CUT DIAMOND IN THE WORLDIT’S A PEAR SHAPED DIAMOND WITH 74 FACETSIT WAS CUT FROM 3106 CARAT ROUGH ,THE LARGEST EVER FOUNDIT WAS DISCOVERED ON 1905 IN PREMIER MINE IN SOUTH AFRICAIT WAS CUT BY JOSEPH ASSCHER AND COMPANY IN AMSTERDAM IN 9 MAJOR AND 96 SMALLER BRILLIANT CUT DIAMONDIT IS SET IN ROYAL SCEPTER AND KEPT WITH OTHER CROWN JEWELS IN THE TOWER OF LONDONMANY SIGNS SUGGESTED THE ROUGH BEING A PART OF MUCH LARGER CRYSTAL BUT STILL THE MISSING PART HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND

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