Desirable diamonds…

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Koh-I-Noor – priceless

Koh-I-Noor means “Mountain of Light” in Persian. 105 carats from Golconda, Andhra Pradesh in India. Displayed at Tower of London (UK).

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Sancy Diamond – priceless

Sancy diamond is 55.23 carats. Pale yellow diamond, belonging of the Great Moguls, in India. Displayed at the Louvre.

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Cullinan – $ 450 million

Cullinan diamond is 3,106,75 carats, largest gem quality diamond ever found. Polished as  Cullinan I or ‘Star of Africa‘.

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Hope diamond – $400 million

Hope diamond is 45.52 carats, at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC. The diamond looks blue in colour.

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De Beers Centenary Diamond – $200 million

Highest grade of a colourless diamond, internally and externally flawless. 273.85 carats 3rd largest diamond by De Beer’s Premier Mines.

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Steinmetz Pink – $100 million

59.60 carats, largest known diamond given a colour as ‘fancy vivid pink’. Displayed at Smithsonian’s, Washington DC.

 

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