World’s Most Expensive Diamonds

The Jubilee Diamond, originally known as the Reitz Diamond is a colorless, cushion-shaped diamond weighing 245.35 carats (49.07 grams), making it the sixth-largest diamond in the world. It was originally named after Francis William Reitz, the then president of the Orange Free State where the stone was discovered, before being renamed to honor the 60th […]

The Jonker diamond was found at the Elandsfontein mine in South Africa by Johannes Jacobus Jonker on 17 January 1934. The diamond was 726 carats, which at the time was the fourth largest uncut gem ever found. Weight 726 carats (145.2 g) Color D-flawless Country of origin South Africa Mine of origin Elandsfontein Discovered 17 January 1934 Cut

The Vargas Diamond, discovered in Brazil on August 13, 1938 (July 1938 according to Ball & Kerr) by Joaquim Venancio Tiago and Manoel Miguel Domingues, was 726.6 carats (145.32 g) when pulled out of the ground. Vargas DiamondWeight 726 carats (145.2 g)Discovered 1938Cut by Adrian Graselly Twenty-nine smaller diamonds were carved from the larger rough

The Golden Jubilee Diamond, a 545.67-carat (109.13 g) brown diamond, is the largest cut and faceted diamond in the world. It outweighs Cullinan I by 15.37 carats (3.07 g). The Golden Jubilee Diamond was discovered in 1985 at the Premier Mine, which is also the origin of the Cullinan diamond (1905) and other notables such

The Woyie River Diamond was recovered on 6 January 1945 from the Woyie River near Koidu in eastern Sierra Leone. The uncut stone weighed 770 carats (154 g), and at that time it was the largest alluvial diamond ever found, and the third largest diamond discovered in Africa, after the Cullinan Diamond and the Excelsior

Great Mogul is believed to have been discovered around 1650, most probably around the Kollur Mine in the Golconda region of southern India. Tavernier described the diamond thus: “The stone is of the same form as if one cut an egg through the middle” The 787 carats (157.4 g) rough diamond was gifted by Emir

The Incomparable Diamond belongs to the family of magnificent and rare yellow diamonds.It was originally found in 1984 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (what was known as Zaire) in Mbuji Mayi, a small unknown town. It has earned many titles due to its weight. When it was found, the rough diamond weighed 890 carats (about

The 968.9-carat (193.78 g) Star of Sierra Leone diamond was discovered by miners on February 14, 1972, in the Diminco alluvial mines in the Koidu area of Sierra Leone. It ranks as the fourth-largest gem-quality diamond and the largest alluvial diamond ever discovered. On October 3, 1972, Sierra Leone’s then-President, Siaka Stevens, announced that Harry

let’s see some world’s biggest diamonds found ever in history 1. Cullinan diamond – 3106.00 carats. founded: 1905 ( south Africa ) Cullinan DiamondThe rough diamondWeight 3,106 carats (621.2 g)Colour Near colorlessCut 105 stones of assorted cutsCountry of origin South AfricaMine of origin Premier MineCut by Joseph Asscher & Co.Original owner Premier Diamond Mining CompanyOwner

What is the intro Diamond? So far, about 2600 minerals have been found in the earth’s crust. One of them is the Diamond. how diamonds are the hardest material on earth? Diamonds are dug in the mine. The diamond is a transparent facet of the carbon element. The Diamond is found clean from the ground. Of all the