| Famous Diamonds Chart |
 Porter Rhodes Diamond
a colorless 54-carat (11 g) Asscher-cut stone.
Color: colorless
Cut Weight(carat): 54
Cut: Asscher
Country of origin: South Africa
Date discovered: 1880
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 Pumpkin Diamond
perhaps the largest fancy vivid orange diamond (5.54 carats), modified cushion-shaped brilliant.
Color: orange
Cut Weight(carat): 5.54
Cut: Cushion
Country of origin: Central Africa
Date discovered: 1997
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Raven Diamond
Trilliant cut black diamond purchased in 2011 and currently owned by Jeffery Conine of the State of NY.
Color: black
Cut Weight(carat): 12.78
Cut: Trilliant
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Sancy
a shield-shaped pale yellow diamond currently in the Louvre, weighing 55.23 carats (11.05 g).
Color: pale yellow
Cut Weight(carat): 55.23
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 Shah Diamond
very old pale yellow diamond (found approximately in 1450 in India) currently housed in the Diamond Fund in Kremlin, weighing 88.7 carats (17.7 g).
Color: yellow
Cut Weight(carat): 88.7
Cut: Cushion
Country of origin: India
Date discovered: 1450
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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 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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 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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 Steinmetz Pink Diamond
modified oval brilliant cut (step cut crown, brilliant pavilion), largest known fancy vivid pink, at 59.60 carats (11.92 g).
Color: pink
Cut Weight(carat): 59.6
Cut: Oval
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 Strawn-Wagner Diamond
a diamond which received a "perfect" 0/0/0 rating from the American Gem Society, weighing 3.03 carats (0.61 g) rough and 1.09 carats (0.22 g) cut. On exhibit at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, where it was found in 1990.
Color: colorless
Rough Weight(carat): 3.03
Cut Weight(carat): 1.09
Cut: Round
Country of origin: America
Date discovered: 1990
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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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 Tereschenko
The fancy blue pear-shaped diamond weighing 42.92(8.4 g) metric carats, the fourth largest recorded blue diamond
Color: blue
Cut Weight(carat): 42
Cut: Pear
Country of origin: probably India
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