The World’s Largest Diamonds!
Previously 77 Diamonds brought you the low-down on the largest and most prominent diamond mines on the globe. Some of the largest, rarest and most impressive diamonds that the world has ever seen have been unearthed in these mines! This week we present to you the five largest dazzlers ever found, each one totally unique and with its own story.
The Golden Jubilee
The Golden Jubilee has a staggering weight of 545.67 carats and is boastfully the largest faceted diamond in the entire world. The stone is a fire rose colour and was cut into a cushion shape. Discovered in 1985 at the Premier Mine in South Africa, the rough stone itself weighed 755 carats. For several years the gem was simply known as the ‘Unnamed Brown’. However, in 1997 the diamond was presented to the King of Thailand for the 50th anniversary of his coronation – his Golden Jubilee. It is now located in the Royal Thai Palace as part of the crown jewels. The value of the diamond is unknown, but it has been estimated at somewhere between £2.56 to £7.69 million!
Famous Pink Diamonds of the World
Both scarce and popular, pink diamonds are extremely sought after and expensive. With the exception of a couple found in India, almost all of the world’s pink diamonds are now produced from one mine in Western Australia: the renowned Argyle Mine. This extreme rarity means that the gems discovered there are considered highly valuable. Have a look at some of the world’s most fascinating, expensive and large pink coloured diamonds!
The Star of the South
This beautiful diamond was cut into a cushion shape and is also known as Estrela do Sul, since it was found by a slave girl in a mine of the same name in Brazil in 1853. It weighs an impressive 128.48 carats (25.70 g) and is graded as a type IIa diamond, with a clarity of VS2 and a colour grading of light pinkish-brown. There is a white reflection of light from the diamond, whereas the refracted light has a definite rose tint which gives the stone a light pink and brown shade.
Famous Yellow Diamonds of the World
Yellow Diamonds get their colour from nitrogen being present at the time they are formed. The hues of a diamond can range from pale sunshine yellow to bright canary yellow and amber hues. Seventy Seven Diamonds brings you a list of the most exquisite and famous yellow-coloured diamonds that have featured throughout history. Find about their history, their diamond credentials, and what it is that makes them so famous.
The Sancy Diamond
The most famous yellow diamond is the Sancy; an impressive 55 carat, light yellow diamond what fluoresces yellow and pink. However, it is the story of the diamond that makes it famous. It is thought that the Sancy originally came from India and legend has it that in 1477 the diamond was lost by Charles, Duke of Burgundy during a battle. Its first verified owner became Nicholas Harlai of Sancy, a French Ambassador, who bought the diamond in the late 1500's in Constantinople – hence the derivation of this stone’s name.
Famous Blue Diamonds of the World
This week Seventy Seven Diamonds brings you a list of the most exquisite and famous blue-coloured diamonds that have featured throughout history. Find about their history, their diamond credentials, and what it is that makes them so famous.
The Regent Diamond
This diamond was also commonly known as the Pitt Diamond and was discovered by a slave in the legendary Golconda mine, India, in 1698. The sparkler wasn’t hard to miss; it weighed an impressive 410 carats. However, the slave hid the stone and managed to escape to the coast – only to be murdered for the stone by an English sea captain.
The captain sold the stone to an Indian diamond merchant for an estimated £3,431. Thomas Pitt, Governor of Fort George in Madras, then bought the blue stone from the merchant in 1702 for £68,610. Thomas Pitt was grandfather to the famous American Revolutionist William Pitt and he was the one who transported the diamond to England for cutting.
The Regent Diamond is a cushion-shaped, brilliant cut diamond, white in colour but with a faint blue tinge. It now weighs approximately 140.50 carats and measures around 32mm x 34mm x 25mm. The moulding of the stone took 2 years before it was turned into the charming Regent Diamond – thought to be one of the finest cut diamonds in existence!
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