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Eureka Diamond the first diamond found in South Africa, a yellow-brown 21.25-carat (4.25 g) stone (before cutting) resulting in a finished diamond 10.73 carats (2.15 g) Color: yellow-brown Rough Weight(carat): 21.25 Cut Weight(carat): 10.73 Cut: Cushion Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: 1867
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Excelsior Diamond the largest known diamond in the world prior to the Cullinan at 970 carats (190 g), it was later cut into 10 pieces of various sizes (13¨C68 carats) Color: colorless Rough Weight(carat): 970 Cut Weight(carat): 68 Cut: Rough Diamond Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: June 30, 1893
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Florentine Diamond a lost diamond, light yellow with a weight of 137.27 carats (27.45 g). Color: yellow Cut Weight(carat): 137.27 Cut: Nine-sided 126-facet double rose cut Country of origin: India
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Golden Eye Diamond a large, radiant-cut fancy intense yellow diamond (43.5 carats). Color: yellow Cut Weight(carat): 43.51 Cut: Radiant Country of origin: South Africa
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Golden Jubilee Diamond the largest faceted diamond ever cut at 545.67 carats (109.13 g) Color: yellow-brown Rough Weight(carat): 755.5 Cut Weight(carat): 545.67 Cut: Fire Rose Cushion Cut Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: 1985
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Graff Pink 24.78-carat (4.96 g) A 24.78-carat Fancy Intense Pink diamond and the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction, previously owned by Harry Winston and an unnamed private collector, and bought by Laurence Graff (November 2010). Color: pink Cut Weight(carat): 24.78 Cut: Emerald
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Great Chrysanthemum Diamond The Great Chrysanthemum Diamond is a diamond measuring 104.15 carats (20.830 g) with a Pear-Shaped Modified Brilliant Cut, rated in colour as Fancy Orange-Brown and I1 clarity by the Gemological Institute of America. The diamond's origins are in South Africa, where it was bought by the jeweler Julius Cohen as a 198.28 carat (39.656 g) rough in 1963. Color: orange-brown Cut Weight(carat): 104.15 Cut: Pear Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: 1963
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Great Mogul Diamond fabled 280-carat (56 g) mogul-cut diamond, now lost, although presumed by historians to have been re-cut as the Orlov. Cut Weight(carat): 280 Cut: Mughal-cut Country of origin: India Date discovered: 1650
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Gruosi Diamond a heart-shaped black diamond, weighing 115.34 carats (23.07 g). Color: black Cut Weight(carat): 115.34 Cut: Heart Country of origin: India Date discovered: 1998
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Heart of Eternity Diamond perhaps the largest fancy vivid blue, weighing 27.64 carats (5.53 g). Color: blue Cut Weight(carat): 27.64 Cut: Heart Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: January 2000
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Hope Diamond 45.52 carats (9.10 g), is a Fancy Dark Grayish-Blue diamond and supposedly cursed. Almost certainly cut from the French Blue Diamond. Color: blue Cut Weight(carat): 45.52 Cut: Antique Cushion Country of origin: India
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Hortensia Diamond peach (slightly orangey pink) color, formerly part of the French Crown Jewels. Displayed in the Louvre. Color: peach Cut Weight(carat): 20 Cut: Flat and Rectangular in Shape Country of origin: India
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