With a mesmerizing weight of 45.52 carats, the deep blue diamond, named the Hope Diamond has a breathtaking look, but it ...
Henry Philip Hope, a London banker and gem collector ... Compared with its geologic history, the diamond's history as an object of human desire has lasted barely an instant.
In the pendant surrounding the Hope Diamond are 16 white diamonds, both pear-shapes and cushion cuts. A bail is soldered to the pendant where Mrs. McLean would often attach other diamonds including ...
From brilliant blues to fiery reds, discover how nature crafts diamonds in every color, and why some shades are rarer than ...
The Hope Diamond, held at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., weighs 45.52 carats. These diamonds were discovered in southern India between the 1600s and the ...
According to The London Express a telegram has been received in Paris stating that Selim Habib, a wealthy Turkish diamond collector and merchant, who formerly owned the famous blue Hope diamond ...
Precious stones gifted to the museum by Ronald Winston, son of distinguished jeweler and gem collector Harry Winston.