Aurora Pyramid of Hope

The two hundred ninety-six gems of the Aurora Diamond Collection as exhibited in the Natural History Museum in London under natural light.

The two hundred ninety-six gems of the Aurora Diamond Collection as exhibited in the Natural History Museum in London under UV light.

The Aurora Pyramid of Hope is the most comprehensive natural color diamond collection in the world. It was on public display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York from 1989 to 2005 in the Morgan Hall of Gems. Aurora Pyramid of Hope was the centerpiece for the 1998 exhibition The Nature of Diamonds organized by the American Museum of Natural History which toured Japan, Canada and the U.S. In 2005 Aurora Pyramid of Hope was invited to participate in the exhibition Diamonds organized by The Natural History Museum of London. At that time 36 new specimens were added to the original 260 diamonds. Today Aurora Pyramid of Hope consists of 296 diamonds weighing a total of 267.45 carats (53.49 g).

All the colors of the spectrum that diamonds produce are represented in various shapes, saturation and modifiers including blue diamonds, pink diamonds, red diamonds, green diamonds, orange diamonds, purple diamonds, violet diamonds, yellow diamonds, olive diamonds and brown diamonds. Also represented are color changing chameleon diamonds. Aurora Pyramid of Hope was put together by Alan Bronstein and Harry Rodman over 25 years.

As of 2012 Aurora Pyramid of Hope is on display at The Natural History Museum of London.

See also

• Diamond
• Diamond color

References

• Hofer, Stephen Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds - An Illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection
• Bronstein, Alan and Hofer, Stephen Forever Brilliant - The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds

External links

• Aurora gems
• Diamonds at the Museum at Natural History Museum
• The Vault at Natural History Museum