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 Lesotho Promise
is the 15th-largest diamond, the tenth-largest white diamond, and the largest diamond to be found in 13 years. The original stone was 603 carats (121 g), although the largest diamond after the cutting was 75 carats (15 g).
Color: colorless
Rough Weight(carat): 603
Cut Weight(carat): 75
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 22 August 2006
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 Millennium Star
at 203.04 carats (40.61 g) is the second-largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond.
Color: colorless
Rough Weight(carat): 777
Cut Weight(carat): 203.04
Cut: Pear Brilliant
Country of origin: Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
Date discovered: 1990
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 Oppenheimer Diamond
The Oppenheimer Diamond, a nearly perfectly formed 253.7 carat (50.74 g) yellow diamond crystal, is one of the largest uncut diamonds in the world. It measures approximately 20 กม 20 millimeters. It was discovered in the Dutoitspan Mine, Kimberley, South Africa, in 1964.
Color: yellow
Rough Weight(carat): 253.7
Cut: Rough Diamond
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 1964
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 Regent Diamond
weights 140.64 carats (28.13 g), is cushion-shaped stellar brilliant cut, formerly belonging to Louis XV, Louis XVI, and Napoleon Bonaparte, it now resides in the Louvre.
Color: white with pale blue
Rough Weight(carat): 410
Cut Weight(carat): 140.64
Cut: Cushion
Country of origin: India
Date discovered: 1698
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 Star of Sierra Leone
cut into smaller pieces, the largest of which is 53.96 carats (10.79 g).
Color: colorless
Rough Weight(carat): 968.9
Cut: Rough Diamond
Country of origin: Sierra Leone
Date discovered: Feb 14, 1972
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 Star of South Africa
also known as the Dudley Diamond. 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 (16.7 g) rough diamond. The diamond is a D-color, pear-shaped stellar brilliant cut stone, weighing 47.69 carats (9.54 g).
Color: colorless
Rough Weight(carat): 83.5
Cut Weight(carat): 47.69
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: Cape Colony(South Africa)
Date discovered: 1869
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 The Angola Star
A 217.39 carat rough diamond found in Angola.Extremely unique in size, shape and character, it is the prize jewel of Diamond in the Rough's impressive collection.
Rough Weight(carat): 217.39
Cut: Rough Diamonds
Country of origin: Angola(Africa)
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 Tiffany Yellow Diamond
antique modified cushion-shaped stellar brilliant cut, on display at Tiffany & Co.'s New York City store. It weighs 128.54 carats (25.71 g).
Color: yellow
Rough Weight(carat): 280
Cut Weight(carat): 128.54
Cut: Modified antique cushion brilliant
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 1878
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 Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is the nickname for the largest diamond ever discovered in the United States, emerald-cut, M color (pale brown), VVS2 clarity. It was found in 1924 in Murfreesboro, Arkansas at the Prairie Creek pipe mine, which later became known as the Crater of Diamonds State Park.The rough diamond as originally discovered weighed 40.23 carats (8.046 g).
Color: brown
Rough Weight(carat): 40.23
Cut Weight(carat): 12
Cut: Emerald-cut
Country of origin: America
Date discovered: 1924
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 Vargas diamond
The Vargas Diamond, discovered in Brazil on August 13, 1938 by Joaquim Venancio Tiago and Manoel Miguel Domingues, was 726.6 carats (145.3 g) when pulled out of the ground. Twenty nine smaller diamonds were carved from the larger rough Vargas Diamond including the 48.26-carat (9.65 g) emerald cut diamond named "President Vargas".
Color: blue-white
Rough Weight(carat): 726.6
Cut: Rough Diamond
Country of origin: Brazil
Date discovered: 1938
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