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The De Beers Millennium
Star - imagine a diamond so flawless and so great in size that
the world’s diamond experts cannot put a price on it. The De Beers
Millennium Star...
The
Hope Diamond - in most circumstances, anyone who receives a
diamond considers herself lucky. Unless, of course, the diamond happens to
be the world renowned Hope. As famous as this diamond is, so is the mystery
that surrounds it...
The
Centenary - as long as the earth continues to produce carbon,
the discovery of great diamonds will continue. Proof in point was the
discovery of the Centenary diamond in 1988, which was announced on the eve
of De Beers one-hundredth anniversary...
The
Star of Africa - it’s hard to imagine, but there was a time when
the prevailing thought in South Africa was that diamonds were only found as
a result of large birds flying over head and dropping them there. This
belief changed with the discovery of the Star of South Africa...
The
Cullinan - in 1905, as miners filed out after a long day in
South Africa’s Premier mine, one miner noticed what appeared to be a shiny
object lodged in the earth. With nothing more than a pocket knife, he pried
it lose from the ground and presented it to his mine manager. This humble
discovery is regarded today as one of the greatest diamond discoveries of
all time...
The
Koh-i-noor - no stone on earth has as rich and fascinating a
history as the Koh-i-noor. The lineage of this great diamond began in 1304
when it was held by the Rajah of Malwa. This was a time when possession of
such a gem symbolized the power of an empire. In fact, it has been said that
he who owns the Koh-i-noor rules the world...
The
Taylor-Burton - perhaps the most sensational story told about
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is one that happens to be true. Yes, he
did give her one of the World’s largest and most beautiful diamonds,
appropriately named the Taylor-Burton...
Diamond
History - Discovery - the first river-bed
(alluvial) diamonds were probably discovered in India, in around 800 B.C.
The volcanic source of these diamonds was never discovered, but the alluvial
deposits were rich enough to supply most of the world's diamonds until the
eighteenth century...
Diamond History -
Cutting - the cutting of diamonds into the complex facetted
forms we now associate with these gems is actually a relatively recent
practice. For centuries, rough diamonds were kept as talismans, and often
not worn at all, though natural octahedra (eight-sided stones) were
sometimes set in rings...
Diamond History -
Routes & Centers - Indian diamonds reached Venice by two
Mediterraen routes -- the southern route was by way of Aden, Ethiopia, and
Egypt, and the northern route was through Arabia, Persia, Armenia, and
Turkey...
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