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A number of large or extraordinarily colored diamonds have gained fame, both as exquisite examples of the beautiful nature of diamonds, and because of the famous people who wore, bought, and sold them. A partial list of famous diamonds in history follows.

List of Famous Diamonds

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Centenary Diamond
Darya-ye Noor
Tiffany Yellow Diamond
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Steinmetz Pink Diamond
  • The Allnatt Diamond, a large antique cushion-shaped brilliant Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond
  • The Agra Diamond, antique cushion-shaped stellar brilliant, 28 carats
  • The Amsterdam Diamond, a 33.74 carat (6.748 g) black diamond which sold for $352,000 in 2001
  • The Archduke Joseph Diamond, antique cushion-shaped brilliant, 76 carats
  • The Ashberg Diamond
  • The The Aurora Butterfly of Peace
  • The Aurora Diamond Collection
  • The Beau Sancy, a 34-carat diamond not to be confused with the Sancy.
  • The Blue Heart Diamond, 30.82-carat heart brilliant
  • The Briolette of India Diamond, 90 carats
  • The Centenary Diamond, the world's largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond
  • The Chloe Diamond, the largest top-quality, brilliant-cut white diamond ever to appear at auction, bought for just under $16.2 million and named by Georges Marciano, founder of Guess Jeans.
  • The Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found at 3106.75 carats (621.35 g). It was cut into 105 diamonds including the Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, 530.2 carats (106.04 g), and the Cullinan II or the Lesser Star of Africa, 317.4 carats (63.48 g). (Feature of the British Crown Jewels Imperial State Crown)
  • The Darya-ye Noor Diamond, the largest pink diamond in the world, about 186 carats (36.4 g), part of Iranian Crown Jewels. Its exact weight isn't known and 186 carats is an estimate.
  • The Deepdene, widely considered to be the largest artificially irradiated diamond in the world
  • The De Young Red Diamond, the third-largest known red diamond was bought in a flea market on a hatpin by Sidney deYoung a prominent Boston estate jewelry merchant. It was donated by him to the museum of natural history.
  • The Dresden Green Diamond, antique pear-shaped brilliant - its color is the result of natural irradiation
  • The Dresden White Diamond, 47-carat antique oval brilliant, colorless/near-colorless
  • The Dresden Yellow Diamond
  • The Dudley Diamond also known as the Star of South Africa. This must not be confused with the Star of Africa. The Star of South Africa was the initial name given to this diamond, when it was purchased as an 83.5-carat rough diamond. The diamond is a D-color, pear shaped, three-sided stellar brilliant cut stone, weighing 47.69 carats.
  • The Earth Star Diamond a 111.59-carat, pear-shaped diamond with a strong coffee-like brown color.
  • The Empress Eugenie Diamond, 52-carat antique pear-shaped brilliant with an odd, random facet pattern
  • The Excelsior Diamond, the largest known diamond in the world prior to the Cullinan
  • The Florentine Diamond, a lost diamond, light yellow with a weight of 137.27 carats (27.45 g).
  • The Golden Jubilee Diamond, the largest faceted diamond ever cut at 545.67 carats (109.13 g)
  • The Graff Blue Diamond
  • The Great Chrysanthemum Diamond
  • The Great Mogul Diamond
  • The Gruosi Diamond
  • The Heart of Eternity Diamond, perhaps the largest Fancy Vivid Blue
  • The Hope Diamond, Fancy Dark Grayish-Blue and supposedly cursed. Almost certainly cut from the French Blue Diamond
  • The Hortensia Diamond
  • The Idol's Eye
  • The Incomparable Diamond, a golden diamond of 407.48 carats (81.496 g) cut from an 890 carat (178 g) rough diamond of the same name - it appeared on eBay in 2002
  • The Jacob Diamond weighing 184.5 carats (36.90 g), also known as Imperial Diamond & Victoria Diamond.
  • The Jones Diamond
  • The Jubilee Diamond, originally known as the Reitz Diamond; perhaps the sixth-largest in the world.
  • The Kimberley Diamond
  • The Koh-i-Noor, very old (mentioned in Baburnama of 1526) and surrounded by legend and believed to be the most precious. It was taken from an Indian King during the British rule in India (Feature of the British Queen consort's Crown, last worn by HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother before her death in 2002.)
  • The Lesotho Promise, is the 15th-largest diamond, the tenth-largest white diamond, and the largest diamond to be found in 13 years
  • The Millennium Star, at 203 carats is the second-largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond.
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Pumpkin Diamond
Koh-i-Noor (glass replica)


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