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'''Kollur Mine''' was a series of gravel-clay pits on the banks of the [[River Krishna]] in the [[Golconda Sultanate|Golconda]] (present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]]), [[India]].<ref name="kurien">{{cite book|author=T. K. Kurien|title=Geology and Mineral Resources of Andhra Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r20IAAAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Geological Survey of India}}</ref> It operated between the 16th and mid-19th&nbsp;centuries,<ref>Marshal, E. 1677. A description of the Diamond Mines as presented by the Right Honourable, the Earl Marshal of England to the Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society, Pages 910-917</ref> and was one of the largest and most productive diamond mines.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Howarth|title=The Koh-i-Noor Diamond: The History and the Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHvWAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Quartet Books|isbn=978-0-7043-2215-8|page=60}}</ref> The pits were a maximum depth of {{convert|4|m|ft}} due to the high [[water table]].<ref name="kurien"/> At the height of production, around 60,000 people worked in mines across the Golconda kingdom, including men, women, and children of all ages.<ref>India Before Europe, C.E.B. Asher and C. Talbot, Cambridge University Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0-521-80904-5}}, p. 40</ref><ref>A History of India, Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Edition: 3, Routledge, 1998, p. 160; {{ISBN|0-415-15482-0}}</ref><ref>Deccan Heritage, H. K. Gupta, A. Parasher and D. Balasubramanian, Indian National Science Academy, 2000, p. 144, Orient Blackswan, {{ISBN|81-7371-285-9}}</ref>
'''Kollur Mine''' was a series of gravel-clay pits on the banks of the [[River Krishna]] in the [[Golconda Sultanate|Golconda]] (present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]]), [[India]].<ref name="kurien">{{cite book|author=T. K. Kurien|title=Geology and Mineral Resources of Andhra Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r20IAAAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Geological Survey of India}}</ref> It operated between the 16th and mid-19th&nbsp;centuries,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ralf Tappert|author2=Michelle C. Tappert|title=Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAdZRzY3ciYC|year=2011|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-12572-0|page=55}}</ref> and was one of the largest and most productive diamond mines.<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Howarth|title=The Koh-i-Noor Diamond: The History and the Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHvWAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Quartet Books|isbn=978-0-7043-2215-8|page=60}}</ref> The pits were a maximum depth of {{convert|4|m|ft}} due to the high [[water table]].<ref name="kurien"/> At the height of production, around 60,000 people worked in mines across the Golconda kingdom, including men, women, and children of all ages.<ref>India Before Europe, C.E.B. Asher and C. Talbot, Cambridge University Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0-521-80904-5}}, p. 40</ref><ref>A History of India, Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Edition: 3, Routledge, 1998, p. 160; {{ISBN|0-415-15482-0}}</ref><ref>Deccan Heritage, H. K. Gupta, A. Parasher and D. Balasubramanian, Indian National Science Academy, 2000, p. 144, Orient Blackswan, {{ISBN|81-7371-285-9}}</ref>


The [[Tavernier Blue]] diamond was purchased by [[Jean-Baptiste Tavernier]] from the Kollur Mine in the mid-17th&nbsp;century.<ref>Travels in India by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Cambridge University Press, 2012</ref> [[King Louis XIV]] of France bought the diamond from Tavernier, but it was stolen during the [[French Revolution]]; it may have reappeared and been re-cut as the [[Hope Diamond]].<ref name="Hope Diamond">[http://mineralsciences.si.edu/collections/hope/history.htm The History of the Hope Diamond, Smithsonian Institution]</ref> Other diamonds thought to have originated at Kollur include the [[Koh-i-Noor]],<ref name="kurien"/> the Great Mogul,<ref>Howarth, p. 62.</ref> the [[Regent Diamond]], the [[Daria-i-Noor]], the [[Orlov (diamond)|Orlov]], the [[Nizam Diamond]] the [[Dresden Green]], and the [[Nassak Diamond]].{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
The [[Tavernier Blue]] diamond was purchased by [[Jean-Baptiste Tavernier]] from the Kollur Mine in the mid-17th&nbsp;century.<ref>Travels in India by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Cambridge University Press, 2012</ref> [[King Louis XIV]] of France bought the diamond from Tavernier, but it was stolen during the [[French Revolution]]; it may have reappeared and been re-cut as the [[Hope Diamond]].<ref name="Hope Diamond">[http://mineralsciences.si.edu/collections/hope/history.htm The History of the Hope Diamond, Smithsonian Institution]</ref> Other diamonds thought to have originated at Kollur include the [[Koh-i-Noor]],<ref name="kurien"/> the Great Mogul,<ref>Howarth, p. 62.</ref> the [[Regent Diamond]], the [[Daria-i-Noor]], the [[Orlov (diamond)|Orlov]], the [[Nizam Diamond]] the [[Dresden Green]], and the [[Nassak Diamond]].{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

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Kollur Mine was a series of gravel-clay pits on the banks of the River Krishna in the Golconda (present-day Andhra Pradesh), India.[1] It operated between the 16th and mid-19th centuries,[2] and was one of the largest and most productive diamond mines.[3] The pits were a maximum depth of 4 metres (13 ft) due to the high water table.[1] At the height of production, around 60,000 people worked in mines across the Golconda kingdom, including men, women, and children of all ages.[4][5][6]

The Tavernier Blue diamond was purchased by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier from the Kollur Mine in the mid-17th century.[7] King Louis XIV of France bought the diamond from Tavernier, but it was stolen during the French Revolution; it may have reappeared and been re-cut as the Hope Diamond.[8] Other diamonds thought to have originated at Kollur include the Koh-i-Noor,[1] the Great Mogul,[9] the Regent Diamond, the Daria-i-Noor, the Orlov, the Nizam Diamond the Dresden Green, and the Nassak Diamond.[citation needed]

Maps

  • Golconda diamond mines map (left) with locations of mines
    Golconda diamond mines map (left) with locations of mines
  • Golconda diamond mines map (right) with map key
    Golconda diamond mines map (right) with map key

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c T. K. Kurien (1980). Geology and Mineral Resources of Andhra Pradesh. Geological Survey of India.
  2. ^ Ralf Tappert; Michelle C. Tappert (2011). Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 55. ISBN 978-3-642-12572-0.
  3. ^ Stephen Howarth (1980). The Koh-i-Noor Diamond: The History and the Legend. Quartet Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7043-2215-8.
  4. ^ India Before Europe, C.E.B. Asher and C. Talbot, Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-521-80904-5, p. 40
  5. ^ A History of India, Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Edition: 3, Routledge, 1998, p. 160; ISBN 0-415-15482-0
  6. ^ Deccan Heritage, H. K. Gupta, A. Parasher and D. Balasubramanian, Indian National Science Academy, 2000, p. 144, Orient Blackswan, ISBN 81-7371-285-9
  7. ^ Travels in India by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Cambridge University Press, 2012
  8. ^ The History of the Hope Diamond, Smithsonian Institution
  9. ^ Howarth, p. 62.

External links

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