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Name
some of the famous diamonds.
There are more than three hundred, fifty named diamonds famous for their histories.
The following ten are among the national treasuries of seven different
countries. The largest cut diamond in the world. the Cullinan, is 531 .20 carats. The color
is white and it is in the
The famous Cullinan Diamond, which weighed 3,106 metric carats in the
rough, and the largest stone cut from the Cullinan
Diamond weighed 531 .20 metric carats. This diamond was found in 1905. There
is an exciting story of its discovery. Mr. Frederick Wells, manager of the
Premier Mine in
Can you give
us a brief history of the Jonker Diamond?
The diamond was found by Jacobus Jonker
on his farm near
What is
the
It is a 41-carat, apple-green, pear-shaped diamond. It was first purchased in
1743 by Frederick Augustus, II, of
What and where
is the famous necklace supposedly given to Empress Maria Louise by Napoleon?
This is presently in the Smithsonian Institute and consists of a circle of
twenty-eight large, round diamonds, total weight of 275 carats.
Is there a
stone named after the Oppenheimer family?
Yes. It was found in
What and
where is the Kohinoor Diamond?
It is set in the crown of the Queen of England. Its name means 'mountain of
light' and it came from
What is the
This is a brown diamond discovered by Mrs. Ramoboa
and its original weight was 601 .25 carats.
What about the Hope Diamond?
This is a beautiful blue diamond which
has a rich depth of color combined with great brilliance.
It is believed to have been brought from
Yes, the Star of the South Diamond.
Where was the
Jubilee Diamond found?
The Jubilee was found in
About The Jubilee Diamond
This colourless, oval cushion-cut diamond weighing 245.35 carats, was cut from an original rough stone, weighing
650.80 carats. It was found in the Jagersfontein mine
towards the winter of 1895. A group of
Mosenthal Sons & Co., bought the Jubilee together
with the Excelsior.
At first the stone was named the Reitz in honour of Francis William Reitz, then
President of the
The present whereabouts of this gem is unknown. The remaining large piece was
then polished into the Jubilee. During the cutting process, it became obvious
that an extremely high quality diamond was going to be produced, so it was
planned to be a present to Queen
at the Paris Exhibition where it was one of the centres of attraction. It was
then valued at 7,000,000 francs.
Sometime afterwards Sir Dorabji Jamshedji
Tata bought the diamond. He was the Indian
industrialist and
philanthropist who laid the foundation of his country's iron and steel
industry; these and the cotton mills founded by his father really gave
In 1937 Cartier sold the Jubilee to M. Paul-Louis Weiller, the
In 1966 the Jubilee returned to
said, "If we refer to the human contribution brought to a diamond, my favourite
would be the Jubilee for its outstanding cut for the period." The
Jubilee's facets are so exact that it can be balanced on it's
cutlet point,
which is less than 2mm across.
This was found in 1967 at Letseng,
The Stern Star, an 86-carat, brilliant-cut diamond. It is flawless, bright
yellow and over an inch in diameter. The original 223.6 carat stone was also
cut into the Star. a 21-carat, emerald-cut stone, and
a smaller mar-quise-cut gem.
What is the
largest diamond ever found at the
This is a yellow diamond, octahedron of good shape, weighing 616.00 carats, but
not of the best quality. It is now considered to be the ninth largest diamond
in the world. It was found at the Dutoitspan Mine on
April 17, 1974.
What about the
This pear-shaped 69.42-carat D-Flawless diamond was cut by
Harry Winston,
Burton for his wife, Elizabeth Taylor. The diamond has subsequently been
renamed the Taylor-Burton Diamond. She decided to sell the stone in 1978. After
some on-again, off-again dealing, Liz made the sale to Robert Mouawad for $2.8 million, and the money went to build a hospital
in
Source: DIAMONDS - Famous, Notable and Unique (GIA)
On January 14, 1927 on the shores of
The Uncle Sam Diamond, which weighed 40.23 carats, and was cut to a 1 2.42
carat, emerald-cut stone.
Where was the
Star of
This stone is of African origin and was cut in
In 1906.
Approximately
how many diamonds were found in the Crater of Diamonds,
Approximately seventy three diamonds were found.
Have there
been any strange finds in
One of the strangest is that of Mary Elizabeth Rogers, who on June 19, 1963, at
14 months old was in the park with her parents, when they noticed that Mary
Elizabeth had something in her mouth. What she spit out was an 11.92 carat
diamond.
What is the
total number of diamonds found in the
John Wesley Huddleston discovered two diamonds while plowing
his farm on August 8, 1906. More than 60,000 diamonds have been found on the
78-acre, diamond-bearing volcanic pipe since that time.
How deep is
the diamond crater in
Approximately 200 feet deep. A mean depth reached in
the South African Kimberley Mine is about 1,300 feet.
What other
large stones have been found in
Punch Jones, 34.64 carats; Arkansas Searcy, 27.23 carats; Anon, 20.25 carats:
Arkansas Crystal, 17.85 carats: Star of Arkansas, 15.31 carats; Chief of
Carlisle, 13.50 carats; Colton Bell Star, 11.93 carats; Gary Moore, 6.43
carats: and in 1964, the Star of Murfreesboro, weighing 3425 carats.
| Dear Sirs, You have incorrectly listed the Punch Jones diamond as being a Murfreesboro, Arkansas find. Please find the correct historical info on the stone below. " I first heard of the diamond not from growing up in Lewisburg or during my childhood summers at Moncove Lake but when I went to the Gemological Institute of America in Los Angeles. You can imagine my surprise to discover that Peterstown had a place in jewelry history. Apparently it is still the largest alluvial (displaced) diamond to have ever been found in North America. all the large diamonds of our continent have been found in situ at diamond pipes (a bit much geology there I suppose).(Gregg Wingo)" Here is a bit of history of Monroe County you may not be aware of. It certainly adds weight to the concept of Monroe County being the gem of WV: "But there are other places right here in the United States where you can find diamonds. In 1928, in the town of Peterstown, West Virginia, a father and son set up a game of horseshoes in a vacant lot. It was a game of horseshoes which they will never forget-for during the course of that game they accidentally discovered the "Punch Jones," a thirty-four-carat (34.46-carat) diamond. The West Virginia diamond is a little different from the Arkansas diamond. For this is a glacier diamond, swept downwards thousands of years ago by the onslaught of the glaciers, the big ice that swept everything before it-including diamonds. In April 1928, 12-year-old William P. "Punch" Jones of Peterstown, West Virginia, was playing horseshoes with his dad, Grover, in the yard. Punch's toss hit the stake and kicked a glassy fragment from the dirt. "See, I found a diamond!" he joked. Later, Punch became briefly famous, but not for this. His mother, Grace, set the world's record for consecutive male births-Punch was eldest of 17 kids--and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt hosted Grover Jones Family Day at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Punch kept the fragment in a cigar box until June 1943, when he mailed it to a Virginia geology professor." "Dr. Holden gave me a large sheet of heavy manila paper on which I was to construct a cross-section from about Bald Knob to Christiansburg, and another sheet for a chart of the common minerals. About March 1943, Dr. Holden held out his clenched hand to me, in Holden Hall and he said, "Andrews, what do you think this is?" I replied, foolishly, "Well, sir, it look like a diamond to me." He said, "that's just what it is." Thus enters the Punch Jones diamond, which, I remember as 34.46 carats. In any event, I have just unpacked a chest of that era, and picked out an opaque pinkish-white hard cast of some synthetic of the somewhat gingerale-bottle-green original Punch Jones, which I saw later in Washington. (Laurence E. Andrews, Jr. VT 49)" At 34.46 carats, it was the second largest known North American diamond;
the Smithsonian Institution displayed it. Shortly after, Punch joined
the U.S. Army and was promptly killed in combat in Germany.
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