S/N Name Country/Period of Origin Weight of Rough Diamond Carat weight after cutting Cut/Shape Price realized at last sale or auction 1 Unnamed black diamond 489.07 Rectangular-cut US$1.7 million 2 Spirit of de Grisogono Diamond Central African Republic 587.00 312.24 Old Moghul-cut Stone remains with original owner Fawaz Gruosi 3 The Black Star of Africa […]
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Dedicated WebPage for an Up-to-date Table on Famous Blue Diamonds Our website has an extensive resource database on the history of the diamond trade, that also includes well written articles on the history of the famous diamonds in the world. More than 200 famous diamonds have been treated extensively under this section and are listed […]
Dedicated WebPage for an Up-to-date Table on Famous Pink Diamonds Our website has an extensive resource database on the history of the diamond trade, that also includes well written articles on the history of the famous diamonds in the world. More than 200 famous diamonds have been treated extensively under this section and are listed […]
Dedicated WebPage for an Up-to-date Table on Famous Yellow Diamonds Greater than 100 Carats in Weight Our website has an extensive resource database on the history of the diamond trade, that also includes well written articles on the history of the famous diamonds in the world. More than 200 famous diamonds have been treated extensively […]
Dedicated WebPage for an Up-to-date Table on Largest Gem-Quality Rough Diamonds Discovered in the World Our website has an extensive resource database on the history of the diamond trade, that also includes well written articles on the history of the famous diamonds in the world. More than 200 famous diamonds have been treated extensively under […]
S/N Name carat weight color Shape/Cut 1 Jubilee 245.35 D-color cushion 2 Premier rose 137.02 D-color pear 3 Queen of Holland 135.92 D-color cushion 4 Mouawad Magic 108.81 D-color emerald 5 Unnamed 106.00 modified pear 6 Mouawad Monolith 104.02 emerald 7 Mouawad Splendor 101.84 D-color pear 8 Ahmedabad 78.86 D-color pear 9 Excelsior […]
Please do not copy our tables. We may be compelled to inform the search engines if our content and tables are plagiarised and/or file a DMCA Request (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) . Important Tables on Famous Pearls of the World (6 Tables) List of Famous Diamonds Greater than 100 carats in weight arranged in descending […]
The Gem Industry By Ms H.M.A.C Weralupe,B.A(Geography Special) Gems have played a unique role in Sri lanka’s socioeconomic life from time immemorial.Our ancient traditions and folk tales clearly reflect the link between these precious stones and aspects of the countries culture and civilisation. History shows that the gem industry occupies a special place in the […]
“We are very pleased and thankful to all the staff at the National Gem and Jewellery Authority of Sri Lanka for giving us kind permission to reproduce articles from Gem Talk sept 2007” “Due to the efforts of National Gem and Jewelry Authority , Sri Lanka has now become one of the rapidly growing gem […]
Namibia in Southwest Africa is today the world’s leading marine diamond prospecting country, where several ships comb the ocean bed, bringing out sediments from the sea bed sometimes as deep as several 100 metres, which was then processed on board the ships for diamonds, and the dredged gravel returned to the ocean floor. History of […]