Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The world's largest diamond

Spectacular Diamond size are rarely discovered. Oil stones, with several hundred carats are usually after the cut and ground. Some diamonds are with a record weight. Ernest Blom, president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses has now withdrawn fully from the verification process of the stone. Blom's requirement of witnessing the stone has not been met. Weighing 8,000-carat, this diamond dugged by the South Africa’s north-west province was considered to be more than twice the size of the world’s largest diamond of 3,000-carat discovered in 1905.

The "Cullinan" diamond found in South Africa in 1905. The stone has a weight of 3106.7 carats (one carat is 0.2 grams) and was later divided into several parts. The drift, inter alia, Diamond "Star of Africa", with 530 carats is one of the jewels of the British crown.




The "Star of Sierra Leone" was 1972 in the West African country excavated. The diamond with a gross weight of 969 carats, was divided into 17 stones.








Around 1650 he discovered the "great Mogul" was named after the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan appointed, the builder of the Taj Mahal in Agra India. The rough diamond was 793 carats and is considered missing since 1739.





South Africa the "Golden Jubilee" in 1985, was 755 carats, fetched the ground. After the conversion remained 545 carats. Thus, he is considered the largest polished diamond in the world.





The "Centenary" in a diamond mine in South Africa in 1986 Erzgestein weighs 599 carats. 273 carat polished yet hard, rock, according to the De Beers Group for more than $ 100 million U. S. insured.






When weighing 190 carats "Orloff" is in India, is unknown. It adorns the scepter of the Russian Tsars, and is now in the Kremlin in Moscow to admire.







The Koh-i-Noor (Mountain of Light) is about the year 1100 in India had been discovered. 1306 was the 105.6-nent rock first time in a Hindu text. Today was priceless diamond 1849 the then British colony of Queen Victoria of England and is now kept in the Tower of London.

3 Comment:

who am i . . . said...

I have another one greatest diamond in the world, you must see it. My ancestor just gave it to me last year. You won't believe untill see it before ur eyes.

Wanna know ??

Anonymous said...

sure??? oh my god. forgive me god. My ancestor also gave it to me last year too

Unknown said...

Wow !!!!!!!!!!!! wonderful. Congrats.
Propose to put images of 'Giant Diamonds'with their ranking.
Image of Orloff is also placed at "Great Mogul". The Koh-i-Noor and Orloff images are interchanged.

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