The Expensive Cullinan Diamond

History Of Diamond

The Cullinan diamond was establish by Frederick Wells, outside manager of the Premier Diamond Mining Company in Cullinan, taking place January 26, 1905. The stone was called following Sir Thomas Cullinan, the proprietor of the diamond mine. Sir William Crookes carries out psychoanalysis of the Cullinan diamond previous to it was cut and mentioned its extraordinary clarity, other than also a black spot in the center. The colors about the black spot were extremely bright and changed as the analyzer was twisted. According to Crookes, this pointed to interior strain. Such damage is not rare in diamonds.

The stone was purchased by the Transvaal administration and nearby to King Edward VII on his birthday. It was cut into three great parts by Asscher Brothers of Amsterdam, in addition to finally into 9 large gem excellence stones and numerous lesser fragments. Next to the time, knowledge had not yet evolves to guarantee excellence of the modern normal, and cutting the diamond was measured not easy and risky. In sequence to facilitate Asscher to cut the diamond in one gust, and cut was made, half a creep deep.