Famous Diamonds

• The Allnatt Diamond
• Braganza
• The Centenary Diamond
• The Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found at 3106.75 carats
• The Cumberland
• The Deepdene
• The Dresden Green Diamond
• The Dudley Diamond
• The Eugenie Blue Diamond
• The Excelsior Diamond
• The Florentine Diamond
• The Golden Jubilee, the largest faceted diamond ever cut at 545.67 carats
• The Great Chrysanthemum Diamond
• The Heart of Eternity Diamond, perhaps the largest Fancy Vivid Blue
• The Hope Diamond, blue and supposedly cursed
• The Hortensia Diamond
• The Idol's Eye
• The Jagersfontein Excelsior
• The Koh-i-Noor, very old (mentioned in Baburnama of 1526) and surrounded by legend
• The Millennium Star, the largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond
• The Great Mogul Diamond
• Mattam
• The Moussaieff Red Diamond, the largest Fancy Vivid Red
• The Nassak
• The Ocean Dream Diamond, the only known natural Fancy Deep Blue-Green
• The Orloff, an Indian rose cut rumored to have served as the eye of a Hindu statue
• The Pasha of Egypt
• The Piggott
• The Polar Star
• The Portuguese Diamond
• The Premier Rose Diamond
• The Pumpkin Diamond, perhaps the largest Fancy Vivid Orange
• The Regent Diamond
• The Steinmetz Pink Diamond, the largest Fancy Vivid Pink
• The Taylor-Burton Diamond
• The Tiffany Yellow Diamond
• The Sancy
• The Shah of Persia
• The Star of the South
• The Star of South Africa
• The Vargas
• White Saxon Brilliant






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