A number of large or extraordinarily colored diamonds have gained fame, both as exquisite examples of the beautiful nature of diamonds, and because of the famous people who wore, bought, and sold them. A partial list of famous diamonds in history follows. This article is about the gemstone. ...

Cullinan Diamond

The Golden Jubilee

Heart of Eternity Diamond

Pumpkin Diamond

• The Allnatt Diamond
• The Centenary Diamond
• The Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found at 3106.75 carats. It was cut into 105 diamonds including the Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa (530.2 carats) and Cullinan II or the Lesser Star of Africa (317.4 carats).
• The Darya-ye Noor Diamond, the best known diamond of the Iranian Crown Jewels
• The Deepdene
• The Dresden Green Diamond
• The Dudley Diamond
• The Eugenie Blue Diamond
• The Excelsior Diamond
• The Florentine Diamond
• The Golden Jubilee, the largest faceted diamond ever cut at 545.67 carats (109.13 g)
• The Great Chrysanthemum Diamond
• The Great Mogul Diamond
• The Heart of Eternity Diamond, perhaps the largest Fancy Vivid Blue
• The Hope Diamond, blue and supposedly cursed
• The Hortensia Diamond
• The Idol's Eye
• The Incomparable Diamond
• The Jones Diamond
• 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.
• The Lesotho Promise, is the 15th largest diamond, the 10th largest white diamond, and the largest diamond to be found in 13 years
• The Millennium Star, the largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond
• The Moussaieff Red Diamond, the largest Fancy Vivid Red
• The Nizam Diamond
• The Ocean Dream Diamond, the only known natural Fancy Deep Blue-Green
• The Oppenheimer Diamond
• The Orloff, an Indian rose cut rumored to have served as the eye of a Hindu statue
• The Paragon Diamond
• The Portuguese Diamond
• The Premier Rose Diamond
• The Pumpkin Diamond, perhaps the largest Fancy Vivid Orange
• The Red Cross Diamond
• The Regent Diamond
• The Sancy
• The Shah Diamond, very old yellow diamond (found approximately in 1450 in India), with his own history, currently housed in the Diamond Fund in Kremlin.
• The Spirit of de Grisogono Diamond, the world's largest cut Black
• The Spoonmaker's Diamond, 86-carat diamond housed in Topkapı Palace of Istanbul, Turkey [1]
• The Star of Arkansas
• The Star of the South
• The Steinmetz Pink Diamond, the largest Fancy Vivid Pink
• The Taylor-Burton Diamond
• The Tiffany Diamond
• The Uncle Sam diamond, the largest discovered in the United States
• The Vargas

Image File history File links Cullinan_I.jpg‎ The Cullinan I Diamond. ... Image File history File links Cullinan_I.jpg‎ The Cullinan I Diamond. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Goldenjubileediamond. ... Image File history File links Goldenjubileediamond. ... The Golden Jubilee Weight 545. ... Image File history File links Heartofeternitydiamond. ... Image File history File links Heartofeternitydiamond. ... Heart of Eternity Weight 27. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Pumpkin Diamond Weight 5. ... The Allnatt Weight 101. ... Centenary Diamond Weight 273 carats Color Grade D Colorless Cut Modified Heart Country of origin South Africa Mine of origin Premier Mine Date discovered 11 May 1988 Cut by Mick Harris (DCW) Original owner De Beers Current owner Unknown Estimated value at least USD 100 million The De Beers Centenary... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Darya-ye Noor (Persian for Sea of Light), is one of the largest diamonds in the world, weighing in at approximately 182 carats. ... On May 27th, 1971, Christies auction house in Geneva offered to prospective buyers a cushion-cut, 104. ... The Dresden Green diamond is a 41 carat natural green diamond, which has a historical record dating to 1722, when a London news-sheet carried an article about it in its Oct 25-27th edition. ... The Excelsior Diamond was found on June 30, 1893 at the Jagersfontein mine by a worker while loading a truck. ... The Florentine Diamond is a lost diamond of Indian origin. ... The Golden Jubilee Weight 545. ... Great Chrysanthemum Weight 104. ... Heart of Eternity Weight 27. ... Hope diamond Weight 45. ... In 1970, Louis Glick acquired the 890 carat (178 g) Incomparable Diamond, at that time the worlds fourth largest rough diamond. ... The “Jones Diamond,” also known as the “Punch Jones Diamond,” The Grover Jones Diamond, or The Horseshoe Diamond, was an 34. ... The Koh-i-noor (Telugu: కోహినూరు; Persian: کوہ نور,Urdu: کوہ نور Hindi: कोहिनूर Mountain of Light; also spelled Kohinoor, Koh-i-Noor or Koh-i-Nur) is a 105 carat (21. ... Bāburnāma (Chaghatay/Persian: ‎ ; literally: Book of Babur or Letters of Babur) are the memoirs of Zāhir ud-DÄ«n Mohammad Zāhir ud-DÄ«n Mohammad Bābur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire and the great-great-great-grandson of Timur. ... The Lesotho Promise, a 603 carat (121 g) diamond stone of exceptional colour was unearthed on 22 August 2006[1] at the Letseng diamond mine in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jewelers set diamonds in groups of similar colors. ... Moussaieff Red Weight 5. ... Ocean Dream Weight 5. ... The Oppenheimer Diamond, a nearly perfect 253. ... Sketch of the Orloff diamond from the book Precious Stones by Max Bauer, published in 1904. ... Premier Rose Diamond Weight 137. ... Pumpkin Diamond Weight 5. ... Regent Diamond Weight 140. ... The Sancy The Sancy, a pale yellow diamond of 55. ... Shakh Diamond, 1971 postage stamp The Diamond Shah is 90 carat (18 g), 3 cm long, yellow diamond, extremely clear. ... The Spoonmakers Diamond (Turkish: ), also known as the Kasikci, is the pride of the Topkapi Palace Museum and its most valuable single exhibit, it is an 86-carat pear-shaped diamond. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ... Steinmetz Pink Weight 59. ... The Taylor-Burton was a diamond purchased by actor Richard Burton for his wife Elizabeth Taylor to celebrate her fortieth birthday in 1972. ... Tiffany Diamond Weight 128. ... Uncle Sam is the nickname for the largest diamond discovered in the United States. ...

See also

• BPM 37093, a pulsating white dwarf star 50 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus. It is estimated that the decayed star's core contains a 10 decillion (1×10³⁴) carat diamond, approximately 4,000 km (2,500 miles) in diameter.

BPM 37093 is a white dwarf star 50 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus, for which enough evidence has been gathered to infer that it consists of crystalline carbon, confirming previous theoretical predictions. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The carat is a unit of mass used for gems, and equals 200 milligrams or 3. ...

External links

• Spirit of de Grisogono Diamond