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 Centenary Diamond
273.85 carats (54.77 g), modified heart-shaped brilliant, the world's largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond.
Color: colorless
Rough Weight(carat): 599
Cut Weight(carat): 273.85
Cut: Heart
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 17 July 1986
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 Cross of Asia
discovered in 1902 in South Africa as a 280-carat (56 g) crystal. At first diamond was cut to 142 carats (28 g), and next the cut was three times changed to 112 carats (22 g), a cushion-cut of 109.28 carats (the weight Lawrence Copeland's "Diamonds - Famous, Notable and Unique" lists it at) measuring 1? กม ? กม ? inches, and finally into a radiant-cut gem of 79.12 carats (15.82 g) to eliminate all flaws. It is Fancy Yellow and Internally Flawless.
Color: yellow
Rough Weight(carat): 200
Cut Weight(carat): 142
Cut: Cushion
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 1902
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 Darya-ye Noor Diamond
The largest pink diamond in the world, approximately 182 carats (36 g), originally from India but now part of Iranian Crown Jewels. Its exact weight is not known; 182 carats (36 g) is an estimate.
Color: pink
Cut Weight(carat): 182
Cut: Tabular, free-form. Inscribed.
Country of origin: India
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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 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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 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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 Incomparable Diamond
a brownish-yellow 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. Internally Flawless clarity. Several other smaller diamonds were also cut from the crystal.
Color: brownish-yellow
Rough Weight(carat): 890
Cut Weight(carat): 407.48
Cut: Shield-Shaped Step Cut
Country of origin: Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
Date discovered: 1984
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 Jacob Diamond
Cushion cut weighing 184.5 carats (36.90 g) also known as Imperial Diamond & Victoria Diamond.
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 184.5
Cut: Cushion
Country of origin: India
Date discovered: 1884
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 Jubilee Diamond
originally known as the Reitz Diamond; perhaps the sixth-largest in the world at 245.35 carats (49.07 g).
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 245.3
Cut: Cushion
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 1895
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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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 Nizam Diamond
reportedly 340 carats (68 g). Possibly a large colorless topaz. Whereabouts unknown.
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 340
Cut: Almond
Country of origin: India
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 Orlov
an Indian mogul cut rumored to have served as the eye of a Hindu statue, and currently is part of the Kremlin diamond fund, weighing approximately 190 carats (38 g).
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 190
Cut: Half egg, eight rings of brilliant-cut
Country of origin: India
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