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Akbar Shah
An Indian diamond which became famous during the days of the Mughal Empire. A diamond with a roughly pear-shaped outline and random faceting, including two Persian inscriptions, the first reading "Shah Akbar, the Grand King, 1028 A.H." (the letters mean Anno Hegirae). The second inscription read "To the Lord of Two Worlds, 1039 A.H. Shah Jehan". The diamond was reportedly part of the original Peacock Throne. Purchased in 1886 in Istanbul by London merchant George Blogg, who re-cut it from 116 carats (23 g) to a pear-shape of 71.70 carats (14.34 g), thus destroying the historic inscriptions. Blogg was the last known owner and the stone's whereabouts are presently unknown.
Color: colorless
Rough Weight(carat): 116
Cut Weight(carat): 71.7
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: India
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 Cora Sun-Drop Diamond
largest known pear-shape fancy vivid yellow diamond, found in South-Africa
Color: yellow
Cut Weight(carat): 110.3
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 2010
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 Earth Star Diamond
Earth Star Diamond was found at South African mine of De Beers, the Jagersfontein Mine on May 16, 1967. The diamond came from the 2,500-foot (760 m) level of the volcanic diamond-bearing pipe. The rough gem weighed 248.9 carats (49.8 g) and was cut into a 111.59 carats (22.32 g) pear-shaped gem with a strong brown color and extraordinary brilliance. The diamond was bought in 1983 for $900,000.
Color: brown
Cut Weight(carat): 111.59
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: May 16, 1967
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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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 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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 Nepal Diamond
79.41 carats (15.88 g), fine quality antique pear-shaped brilliant, sold by Harry Winston to private collector in 1961. Thought to have originated from the Golconda Mines.
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 79.41
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: India
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 Premier Rose Diamond
137.02-carat (27.4 g) stone cut from a 353.9-carat (70.8 g) rough gem of the same name
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 137
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: March 1978
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 Spoonmaker's Diamond
circa 86-carat (17 g) diamond housed in Topkap? Palace in Istanbul. Also known as Ka??k?? Elmas?
Color: yellow
Cut Weight(carat): 86
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: India
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 Star of the East
a 95-carat (19 g), pear-shaped, D-color stone, of unknown clarity grade.once owned by Evalyn Walsh McLean of Washington DC, who also owned the Hope Diamond.The diamond is a 94.80-carat
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 95
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: probably South African
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 Star of the Season
a 100.10-carat (20.02 g) pear-shaped D-color, Internally Flawless stone. At $16,548,750 US it held the world record for the highest price paid for a diamond at auction until the sale of the Wittelsbach-Graff diamond in 2008.
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 100.1
Cut: Pear
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 Taylor-Burton Diamond
purchased by Richard Burton for his wife Elizabeth Taylor, weighing 68 carats (14 g).The original rough diamond was found in 1966 in the Premier Mine in South Africa, weighing 241 carats (48 g).
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 68
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 1966
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