Ten of the Most Famous Diamonds and Who Owns Them

More than three hundred and fifty-name diamonds known for his stories. The Delmas, is the largest reduction of diamonds in the world. It was found in southern Africa, and was named the owner of the mining company. The era of 3106 carats of diamonds Chor, and was reduced by 105 beautiful diamonds. Much has been named Star of Africa and 530 carats. In 1907, this diamond has been given to King Edward VII of England, and placed in the Royal Scepter. It is updated and other jewels in the crown safely in the Tower of London. The Chor II is 317.40 carats. The color is white and is the cushion-shaped diamond in the center before the Imperial Crown of Great Britain. It is also in the Tower of London with the crown jewels of Britain. The Darya-i-Nur is 186 carats, is pink and Iran, cash. It is the largest uncut diamond in the world. The name means sea of light. The Dresden Green is 41 carats, green, and very rarely have an extraordinary quality diamond ILA. It will be his name from the city of Saxony, which was exposed in 200 years. The Dresden Green is now exposed to Albertinium Museum in Dresden. The Hope diamond is 45.52 carats, is blue, and is now at the Smithsonian Institute. Legend has it that the curse has been placed in the overall standings, Blue Diamond, after being stolen from an idol in India. If you believe in curses or not, diamonds had a fascinating past? is owned by King Louis XIV, stolen during the French Revolution, which is sold to pay gambling debts, which is owned and used by almost every day an heir, sold and used to raise money for charity and finally donated to the Smithsonian Museum. The Hortensia is 20 carats, are colored fishing and the Louvre. It is a jewel in the crown of France, and was owned by Louis XIV. Is the name of Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, who was the daughter of the Empress Josephine, stepdaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte and the mother of Napoleon III. The Kohinoor is 108.93 carats, white and is located in the Tower of London. Like many of the most famous diamonds, it is a curse of death and destruction associated with it. The name means Mountain of Light and legend has it that actually comes from another diamond also full of legend, called the Grand Mogul, which said that weighed 244 carats and mysteriously disappeared in 1665. The Kohinoor was owned by the first sultan Mogul, and passed from generation to generation, before it is given to Queen Victoria. The Recut and now rests on the crown of Queen Elizabeth. The Orloff is 189.62 carats. See faith that weighs about 300 carats when it was discovered. For once, came the Grand Mogul diamond. One of the legends of Orloff must be established in the eye of a god statue in the temple in Sri Ranga stolen and a french soldier disguised as a step. They say they have escaped swimming in a river during a storm raging. It was finally sold to Prince Gregory Orloff. In an attempt to regain his heart, he ga Catherine the Great, who collected lovers and gems with the same passion. He had diamonds mounted on the roof of the imperial double eagle at the scepter. It is in the Diamond Fund for the Russian Federation, Moscow. The Spoonmaker Diamond has many legends associated with him. (He apparently his name when the owner - who is said to have found sitting on top of a pile of garbage - a troca spoonmaker three three spoons.) Most likely was bought by a French Pikot appointed, it was purchased from the Maharajah of Madras in India. He took it to France, but was stolen. Diamond ended in a tender auction and the notorious Casanova. Ultimately, it was bought by Napoleon's mother, Letizia Ramolino, who later sold their jewellery to help his son escape from Elba. It was bought by an official of Tepedelenli, and add your own. When Tepedelenli were killed during a riot, all of the tax was Palace of Turkey, and the Spoonmaker's Diamond, now known as the Kasicki is there. The Taylor-Burton diamond is a 69-carat pear-shaped white diamond which was originally called Cartier Diamond after the jewel paid $ 1050000 for a public sale. Richard Burton bought the day after the auction of Elizabeth Taylor. Renamed by following the Taylor-Burton diamond. Taylor led the public diamonds at a party in honor of Princess Grace 40 years part in Monaco. It has sold diamonds in 1978 and used the funds to build a hospital in Botswana. The diamond was purchased later by Robert Mouawad. <A target = _new href = http://www.homegiftshopper.com/giftideas/8/diamond-myths-legends-and-history/ More Diamond myths, legends and history in HomeGiftShopper. com </ A>? In 2005, Kathy Burns-Millyard. This article is courtesy of <A target = _new href = http://www.homegiftshopper.com/ Home Shopper gift: A first appeal to the quality of gift ideas </ A>. This article can be operational insofar as it remains unchanged, this notice is preserved intact and all links are made live.