The Expensive Cullinan Diamond

Description

The Cullinan diamond is the biggest rough gem excellence diamond forever found, at 3,106.75 carats. The largest refined gem from the stone is called Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, and at 530.4 carats (106.1 g) was the main refined diamond in the world in anticipation of the 1985 finding of the Golden Jubilee Diamond, 545.67 carats, as well from the Premier Mine. Cullinan I am at the present mounted in the head of the Sceptre with the Cross. The second largest gem as of the Cullinan stone, Cullinan I, at 317.4 carats, is the fourth largest elegant diamond in the world. Together gems are in the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.

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.

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