| Among the most well known diamonds is the Hope. | | | | throne as one of the peacocks eyes. |
| This 45.52 carat steel blue diamond is currently on | | | | The Agra is graded as a naturally colored Fancy Light |
| display at the Smithsonian. | | | | Pink and weighs 32.34 carats. It was sold for about 6.9 |
| The legends of the ill-fortune and curse bestowed on | | | | million in 1990. Since this sale, it has been modified to a |
| the possessor of the Hope Diamond are many. This | | | | cushion shape weighing about 28.15 carats. |
| diamond was donated to the Smithsonian in 1958. The | | | | The Transvaal Blue is pear cut. This blue diamond |
| Hope was originally a rather flat, blocky 110-carat rough. | | | | weighs 25 carats. It was found in the Premier Diamond |
| The Dresden Green stands out among the natural | | | | Mine in Transvaal, South Africa. |
| colored diamonds. It is the largest green diamond in the | | | | The Great Chrysanthemum was discovered in the |
| world weighing 40.70 carats. This diamond is historic, | | | | summer of 1963, in a South African diamond field. This |
| large and has a natural green color with a slight blue | | | | 198.28-carat fancy brown diamond appeared to be a |
| overtone. These facts make it virtually priceless. | | | | light honey color in its rough state. However, after |
| The Conde Pink is a pear shaped and weighs | | | | cutting, it proved to be a rich golden brown, with |
| 9.01-carats. This pink diamond was once owned by | | | | overtones of sienna and burnt orange. |
| Louis XIII. | | | | The Taylor-Burton Diamond is a pear-shaped 69.42 |
| The Tiffany Yellow diamond a beautifulcanary-yellow | | | | carat diamond. Cartier of New York purchased this |
| octahedron weighing 287.42 in the rough (metric) | | | | diamond at an auction in 1969 and christened it 'Cartier.' |
| carats discovered in either 1877 or 1878 in South | | | | The next day Richard Burton bought the diamond for |
| Africa. The gem after cutting boasts the extraordinary | | | | Elizabeth Taylor. He renamed it the 'Taylor-Burton'. In |
| weight of 128.54 carats. And until recently, was the | | | | 1978, Elizabeth Taylor put the diamond up for sale. |
| largest golden-yellow in the world. | | | | Prospective buyers had to pay $2,500 each to view |
| The Koh-I-Noor ( Mountain of Light ) is now among the | | | | the diamond to cover the costs of showing it. Finally, in |
| British Crown Jewels. This diamond weighs 105.60 | | | | June of 1979, the diamond was sold for nearly $3 |
| carats. First mentioned in 1304, it is believed to have | | | | million dollars. |
| been once set in Shah Jehan's famous peacock | | | | |