Top Five Diamonds of the World

Top Five Diamonds of the World. Diamonds come in all shapes and sizes. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. But there are some natural wonders, such as the Grand Canyon or Mount Everest, whose beauty is objectively undeniable. And while diamonds as a whole are a rare and costly commodity, some diamonds are worth more than others. Over the course of history, miners have found diamonds that were so extraordinary, they became legends.

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For example, the Wittelsbach Diamond, a 35.56 blue diamond with an extraordinary pattern made of 82 facets, which was a prized possession of a long lineage of kings and queens. Or the Orlov, an Indian mogul cut diamond, believed to have once served as the eye of a Hindu deity statue. And what about the Golden Eye? No, not the James Bond movie starring Pierce Bronson, the Golden Eye Diamond is a 43.5 carat Canary Yellow diamond, which is considered the largest flawless perfect cut Canary Yellow diamond in the world.

There are dozens of other examples, but instead of listing them all, I present to you: the Top Five Diamonds of the World!

5. The Millennium Star (Top Five Diamonds of the World)
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Weighing 203.04 carats, the Millennium Star is the second largest top-color diamond in the world. It was first unveiled during a De Beers display in October 1999. It has absolutely no internal or external flaws, and is shaped like a pear. The rough diamond was found in the Mbuji-Mayi district of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1990, and initially weighed 777 carats. It was cut into three pieces, the Millennium Star being the largest of them. De Beers hasn't revealed its actual value, but it has been insured for £100 million.

4. The Spirit of de Grisogono (Top Five Diamonds of the World)
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This deep, dark beauty is the world's largest cut black diamond, and the 5th largest diamond overall. Although cut in the same Mogul diamond cutting technique, it is much larger than the Black Orlov, weighing at 312.24 carats, while the original rough diamond was 587 carats. It is set in a white gold ring with 702 smaller white diamonds totaling 36.69 carat. It's whereabouts are currently unknown.

3. The Incomparable Diamond (Top Five Diamonds of the World)
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No diamond can compare to this diamond! Hence the name. Discovered in Mbuji Mayi, its weight as a rough diamond was a whooping 890 carats. After four years of studying the rock, it was cut into a 407.48 carat gem, and is the third largest diamond ever to be cut. And it would have been number one, if it wasn't for those meddling internal flaws! The Incomparable Diamond was cut by a team led by Marvin Samuels, who was the co-owner of the stone together with Donald Zale of Zales Jewellers and Louis Glick.

2. The Cullinan I - aka the Star of Africa (Top Five Diamonds of the World)
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The Cullinian Diamond is the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever to be found. It's original weight totaled at 3,106.75! It was cut into nine large gems, the most notable of them being the Cullinan II – The Lesser Star of Africa, and The Cullinan I - the First Star of Africa, weighing 317.4 carats and 530.2 carats respectively. It was named after Sir Thomas Cullinan, who owned the South African diamond mine where the massive rock was found. The estimated value of the Cullinan I is over $400 million!

1. The Golden Jubilee (Top Five Diamonds of the World)
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Here it is ladies and gentleman – The Golden Jubilee! Weighing 545.67 carats, it is today the largest faceted diamond in the world, stealing the title away from Cullinan I in 1985. In the past, in the was called the Unnamed Brown, and was considered an unattractive piece. But after it was treated by Gabriel Tolkowsky, who was instructed by De Beers to test new tools and cutting methods that had never been used before, this ugly ducking was turned into a beautiful yellow-brown diamond. Today, it is the property of the King of Thailand, who received it as a present for the 50th Anniversary of his coronation in 1997.

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