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		<title>Famous Diamonds</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the most well known diamonds is the
Hope.   This 45.52 carat steel blue diamond
is currently on display at the Smithsonian.
The legends of the ill-fortune and curse
bestowed on the possessor of the Hope
Diamond are many.  This diamond was
donated to the Smithsonian in 1958. The
Hope was originally a rather flat, blocky
110-carat rough.
The Dresden Green [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:tZo7XwzSbtXtwM:http://www.diamondarticles.com/img_famousdiamonds/victoriatransvaal.jpg" align="left" height="116" width="97" />Among the most well known diamonds is the<br />
Hope.   This 45.52 carat steel blue diamond<br />
is currently on display at the Smithsonian.<br />
The legends of the ill-fortune and curse<br />
bestowed on the possessor of the Hope<br />
Diamond are many.  This diamond was<br />
donated to the Smithsonian in 1958. The<br />
Hope was originally a rather flat, blocky<br />
110-carat rough.<span id="more-19"></span></p>
<p>The Dresden Green stands out among the<br />
natural colored diamonds. It is the largest<br />
green diamond in the world weighing<br />
40.70 carats. This diamond is historic, large<br />
and has a natural green color with a slight<br />
blue overtone.  These facts make it virtually<br />
priceless.</p>
<p>The Conde Pink is a pear shaped and<br />
weighs 9.01-carats.  This pink diamond was<br />
once owned by Louis XIII.</p>
<p>The Tiffany Yellow diamond a beautiful<br />
canary-yellow octahedron weighing 287.42<br />
in the rough (metric) carats discovered in<br />
either 1877 or 1878 in South Africa.  The<br />
gem after cutting boasts the extraordinary<br />
weight of 128.54 carats. And until recently,<br />
was the largest golden-yellow in the world.</p>
<p>The Koh-I-Noor  ( Mountain of Light )  is now<br />
among the British Crown Jewels.  This<br />
diamond weighs 105.60 carats.  First<br />
mentioned in 1304, it is believed to have<br />
been once set in Shah Jehan‘s famous<br />
peacock throne as one of the peacocks eyes.</p>
<p>The Agra is graded as a naturally colored<br />
Fancy Light Pink and weighs 32.34 carats.<br />
It was sold for about 6.9 million in 1990.<br />
Since this sale, it has been modified to a<br />
cushion shape weighing about 28.15 carats.</p>
<p>The Transvaal Blue is pear cut.  This blue<br />
diamond weighs 25 carats. It was found in<br />
the Premier Diamond Mine in Transvaal,<br />
South Africa.</p>
<p>The Great Chrysanthemum was discovered<br />
in the summer of 1963, in a South African<br />
diamond field.  This 198.28-carat fancy<br />
brown diamond appeared to be a light<br />
honey color in its rough state.  However,<br />
after cutting, it proved to be a rich golden<br />
brown, with overtones of sienna and burnt<br />
orange.</p>
<p>The Taylor-Burton Diamond is a pear-shaped<br />
69.42 carat diamond.  Cartier of New York<br />
purchased this diamond at an auction in<br />
1969 and christened it &#8220;Cartier.&#8221; The next<br />
day Richard Burton bought the diamond<br />
for Elizabeth Taylor. He renamed it the<br />
&#8220;Taylor-Burton”.   In 1978, Elizabeth<br />
Taylor put the diamond up for sale.<br />
Prospective buyers had to pay $2,500<br />
each to view the diamond to cover the costs<br />
of showing it.  Finally, in June of 1979, the<br />
diamond was sold for nearly $3 million dollars.</p>
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