It has been said that whoever owned the Koh-i-noor ruled the world. Indeed, it has been the centre of many bitter battles, particularly across ...

Between 1671 and 1673, well before it became the Hope diamond, the brilliant-blue French Blue diamond was cut from the Tavernier Blue ...

In the rough, the Tiffany Yellow was a beautiful, canary-yellow octahedron weighing 287.42 carats and possibly found at either the De Beers or ...

Considered the finest gem in the Egyptian Treasury, the Pasha “weighs 40 carats, is of octagonal form, is brilliant cut, and is of very good ...

The Nur-ul-ain is a brilliant-cut oval diamond of around 60 carats. Its name means “light of the eye” in Persian and Arabic. Fact Sheet• ...

According to the famous French diamond merchant and explorer Jean Baptiste Tavernier, the Great Mogul was discovered around 1550 in the Gani mine ...

The Dresden Green is a 40.70-carat green diamond measuring 29.75mm x 19.88mm x 10.29mm.  Fact Sheet• Weight: 40.70 ...

There are diamonds of many different colours that are of high value. There are diamonds as green as the Elysian Fields, as black as the night sky ...

The Nassak is one of those unfortunate Mogul-cut stones that has been re-cut throughout history to appease more modern tastes. Fact ...

The Great Table diamond was first reported by gem merchant Tavernier in 1642. Fact Sheet• Weight: 242.31 carats• Dimensions: 59.42mm x ...