| Famous Diamonds | History of Famous Diamonds |
| Vainer Briolette of India | The legendary Briolette of India was brought to England by Eleanor of Aquitaine in the 1150's |
| Florentine | Louis van Berquem designed the the 137 carat Florentine Diamond for the Valois and Medici Family |
| Pink Agra | The Pink Agra Diamond was acquired in 1526 by the first Mogul emperor, Babur (1483-1530) |
| Sancy | The Sancy Diamond was purchased in 1570 by the French Ambassador to Turkey, Nicholas Harlai, the Seigneur de Sancy |
| Koh-i-Noor | Jean Baptist Tavernier purchased the Koh-i-Noor and the Hope diamonds for his patron King Louis XIV of France in 1631. |
| Grand Condé | The Grand Condé was given to Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé by King Louis XIII of France in 1643 |
| Wittelsbach | The Wittelsbach diamond given to the Infanta Margareta Teresa to celebrate her betrothal to the Emperor Leopold I of Austria in 1664 |
| Spoonmaker's Diamond (aka the Kasikci) | The Spoonmaker's Diamond (aka the Kasikci diamond) was found on a rubbish heap in Istanbul in 1669 |
| Hortensia | The Hortensia diamond, a pale orangey-pink diamond, was added to the Crown Jewels of France by King Louis XIV in 1691 |
| Regent | The Regent diamond was discovered by a slave in the Parteal Mines on the Kistna River in 1701 |
| Orlov (aka Orloff) | The Orlov (aka Orloff) Diamond was mounted in the Russian Imperial Sceptre, during the reign of Catherine the Great (1762-1796) |
| Shah Diamond | The Shah Diamond, an 88.70-carat, was found in Golconda, India. It was included in the Great Imperial Crown for Catherine the Great which was made by a jeweller called Jeremia Posier in 1762 |
French Blue Diamond
(later the Hope) | The French Blue Diamond, later to become the Hope Diamond, was stolen from the French Crown Jewels during the French Revolution in 1792 |
| Hope Diamond | A large blue diamond, called the "Hope Diamond," appears in the gem catalogue of Henry Philip Hope in 1839 |
| Black Orlov (aka Orloff) | The Black Orlov (aka Orloff) Diamond was acquired in the 1850's by the Russian Princess Nadia Vyegin-Orlov (aka Orloff) |
| Koh-i-Noor | The Koh-i-Noor diamond was re-cut to 105 carats for Queen Victoria (Empress of India) by a stone-cutter from Amsterdam in 1851. This famous diamond is part of the British Crown jewels |
| Star of the South | The Pink Star of the South was found in 1853 at the the Bagagem Diamond Mines in Brazil |
| Eureka | The Eureka Diamond was cut from the first diamond found in South Africa in 1866 |
| Star of South Africa | The Star of South Africa, a 47.69-carat old style pear-shaped diamond, was found in South Africa in 1869 |
| Tiffany Yellow | The Tiffany Yellow was found in South Africa in 1877 |
| Porter Rhodes | The Porter Rhodes Diamond came from the claim of Mr. Porter-Rhodes in 1880 at the the Kimberly Mine |
| The Iranian Yellows | The Iranian Yellows - African diamonds acquired by Nasseridin Shah in 1889 |
| Jubilee | The Jubilee Diamond, a colorless, cushion-shaped diamond, was found in 1895 at the the Jagersfontein Mine |
| Cullinan | The Cullinan (aka the Star of Africa) was found by Frederick Wells and it was cut by Abraham and Joseph Asscher |
| Archduke Joseph | The Archduke Joseph, a colorless cushion shaped diamond, was found and named after a Hungarian prince Archduke Joseph August (1872-1962) |
| Spirit of de Grisogono | The Spirit of de Grisogono at 312.24 carats was found and is the world's largest cut black diamond |
| Blue Heart | This heart shape diamond weighs 30.82 metric carats and was cut by Atanik Ekyanan of Neuilly, Paris in 1909. |
| Tereschenko | The Tereschenko Diamond was secretly taken out of Russia in 1916 on the eve of the Russian Revolution |
| Uncle Sam | The Uncle Sam diamond is the largest diamond discovered in the United States in 1924 by W. O. Bassum at Crater of Diamonds state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. |
| La Favorite | La Favorite Diamond was mined in South Africa and exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair in 1933 |
| Jonker | The Jonker Diamond was found in 1934 by 62-year-old Johannes Jacobus Jonker in South Africa |
| Walska | The Walska Diamond was bought in 1941 by Ganna Walska (1887-1984) who was a Polish opera singer |
| Allnatt | The Allnatt Fancy Vivid Yellow 101.29 carat Diamond was found in 1950 at the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa |
The Nepal
("The Ageless Diamond" ) | The Nepal ("The Ageless Diamond" ) was purchased in 1957 by Harry Winston from an Indian dealer |
| Nur-Ui-Ain | Nur-Ui-Ain Diamond was used in 1958 as a centrepiece of the tiara designed for the wedding of Empress Farah to the the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. |
| Earth Star | The Earth Star Diamond was cut from a rough gem weighing 248.9 carats which was found in the Jagersfontein Mine in 1967 |
| Krupp Diamond | The Asscher cut Krupp Diamond was sold at Sothebys in 1968 to Elizabeth Taylor. |
| Taylor-Burton | In 1969 the famous couple purchased the Taylor-Burton pear-shaped diamond |
| Sultan of Morocco | The Sultan of Morocco is a 35.27 carat cushion cut grayish-blue diamond. Cartier lent this diamond to the New York State Museum for their World of Gems Exposition in 1969. |
| Zale Light of Peace | The Zale Light of Peace Diamond was purchased in 1969 by the Zale Corporation of Dallas |
| Amsterdam | The black Amsterdam Diamond was first exhibited in 1973 at D. Drukker & Zn., Amsterdam |
| Kahn Canary Diamond | The Kahn Canary Diamond was discovered in the Crater of Diamonds State Park, near Murfreesboro, Arkansas in 1977 |
| Golden Jubilee | The Golden Jubilee Diamond was presented to the King of Thailand in 1997 for his Golden Jubilee and was designed by Gabi Tolkowsky |
| Pumpkin Diamond | The Pumpkin Diamond is a Fancy Vivid Orange was found in 1997 by a farmer on South Africa |
| American Star Diamond | The American Star Diamond was purchased in 1999 by the EightStar company of California |
| Beluga Diamond | The Beluga Diamond (a 41-carat stone from the Golconda area of India) was purchased in 2002. An Ashoka cut diamond was developed by the William Goldberg firm |
| Famous Diamonds | History of Famous Diamonds |
