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Allnatt Diamond A 101.29-carat (20.26 g) antique cushion-shaped brilliant fancy vivid yellow diamond. Color: yellow Cut Weight(carat): 101.29 Cut: Cushion Country of origin: probably South Africa Date discovered: unknown (pre-1950s)
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Amsterdam Diamond A 33.74 carat (6.748 g) pear-shaped black diamond which sold for $352,000 in 2001. Color: black Cut Weight(carat): 33.74 Cut: Pear Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: 1973
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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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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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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 1⅛ × ⅞ × ⅝ 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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Cullinan Diamond the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found at 3106.75 carats (621.35 g). It was cut into 105 diamonds including the Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, 530.2 carats (106.04 g), and the Cullinan II or the Lesser Star of Africa, 317.4 carats (63.48 g), both of which are now part of the British Crown Jewels. Color: colorless Rough Weight(carat): 3106.75 Cut: Assorted (Cushions, Pears, Marquises) Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: 1905
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Cullinan Heritage diamond set the record for the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond in February 2010 when it was sold for $35.3m (£23m) to a Hong Kong jeweller. Petra Diamonds mined the stone in 2009 at their Cullinan Diamond Mine (formerly the Premier Mine) in South Africa. Color: colorless Cut: Rough Diamond Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: 2009
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De Young Red Diamond weighing 5.03 carats (1.01 g), the fourth-largest known red diamond GIA graded as the FANCY DARK REDDISH BROWN, was bought in a flea market on a hatpin by Sidney deYoung a prominent Boston estate jewelry merchant. It was donated by him to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. Color: red Cut Weight(carat): 5.03 Cut: Round Country of origin: South Africa Date discovered: 1927
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Deepdene widely considered to be the largest artificially irradiated diamond in the world, at 104.52 carats (20.90 g). Color: yellow Cut Weight(carat): 104.52 Cut: Cushion Country of origin: Premier Mine,South Africa
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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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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 (13–68 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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