World Famous Diamonds 4

Here is a description of a world famous diamonds.

Darya-i-Nur

Darya-I-Nur diamond is believed to be the largest pink diamond in the world. The stone is estimated to weigh somewhere between 175 and 195 carats, and is pale. Its exact weight is unknown because it is installed on the pin, which more than 130 years. This stone is one of the most famous diamonds, the crown jewels of Iran and is also one of the oldest stones known to man.

De Beers Diamond
The seventh largest faceted THOMAS SABO Silver Necklace in the world. It was found that the De Beers Consolidated Mines in March 1888. First cut diamond weighing 428.50 carats. It 'was a great ceremonial necklace known as the Patiala necklace in 1928. In 1973, the necklace was lost and then found the remains of the jewelry in London in 1998, most of the great stone is missing. De Beers Diamond was sold in 1982 3.160.000 U.S. dollars.

Young Red Diamond

The De Young Red is a red diamond of 5.03 carats and is considered the third largest in the world. This diamond is not really pure red. This stone has a light brown color that makes him look like a ruby ??garnet well, etc.. Since this diamond has a very special color this time it was sold to a sale as a red garnet. Fortunately, this beautiful gem later recovered and identified a very rare red diamond. Today, the De Young Red is under the custody of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and often featured in exhibitions at this museum.

Unlike Type I diamonds that derives its color from impurities incorporated into the diamond, red diamond is considered a Type II and get their color from a process called plastic deformation. They get their coloration due to structural anomalies caused by plastic deformation during crystal growth. The intense pressure changes the lattice structure of diamonds and led to the formation of diamonds in pink, red and brown.

Dresden Diamond

The largest green Thomas Sabo Charm Handbag in the natural world is the Dresden Green. It is classified as a "green apple" color and weighs 40.70 carats. Gemological Institute of America examined the stone in 1988. Dresden Green Diamond was proved to be not only of extraordinary quality, but also a rare type IIa diamond and is considered the largest and finest natural green diamond ever found. Dresden Green gets its name from the capital of Saxony, where it has been shown in over 200 years. The first known reference to its existence occurs in the Post Boy, a new piece of London 1700. The diamond was sold in Switzerland in 1997 for $ 715,320.