its the biggest rough diamond ever found and its in the crown jewels
The biggest diamond found to date -- 3,000+ carats -- is named Cullinan, named after Sir Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the Premier Mine, where the stone was found.
By all accounts, this stone is essentially colourless. No colour grading information is available, but if the stones had colour, the colour would be mentioned when writing about the stones.
The world's biggest diamond is the Cullinan diamond, unearthed in South Africa in 1905. The rough diamond weighed a staggering 3,106 carats (621 grams), making it the largest gem-quality diamond ever found.
The largest diamond in the world is the Cullinan diamond, also known as the Star of Africa. It was discovered in South Africa in 1905 and weighed 3,106 carats in its rough state. The Cullinan diamond was later cut into several different stones, with the largest one weighing 530.2 carats.
The world's largest cut diamond is an unnamed Fancy Black, containing small red diamond crystals. It weighs 555.55 carats and was polished into 55 facets over several years and completed in June 2004.source: Guinness Book of World RecordsAnother AnswerThe largest diamond found to date weighed more than 3,000 carats and fit into the palm of a grown man's hand. It is the Cullinan diamond.
Mother Nature made the Cullinan diamond, which was discovered by a human in 1905.
Thomas Cullinan - diamond magnate - died in 1936.
Thomas Cullinan - diamond magnate - was born in 1862.
The Cullinan was mined in South Africa, in 1905.
The Cullinan at more than 3,000 carats, remains the largest raw diamond ever found.
From Wikipedia: "The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found, at 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g)."
The biggest diamond on the Imperial State Crown is called the Cullinan II, also known as the Second Star of Africa. Weighing approximately 317 carats, it is set in the front of the crown. The Cullinan II, along with the Cullinan I, was cut from the Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered.
According to Wikipedia: "The Cullinan diamond was found by Frederick Wells, surface manager of the Premier Diamond Mining Company in Cullinan, on January 26, 1905."
The heaviest diamond in the world is the Cullinan diamond, which weighed 3,106 carats (around 1.37 pounds) in its rough form before being cut into multiple diamonds. The largest cut diamond from the Cullinan diamond, the Cullinan I or Great Star of Africa, weighs 530.2 carats.
The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found, at 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g). From it, several large diamonds were cut.
The Cullinan diamond was found in Africa in 1905. It was cut into several individual stones, the largest of which were named by appending Roman Numerals after Cullinan. You can read more about these diamonds, below.
Wikipedia estimates the value of the Cullinan 1 diamond at about $400 million. So combined the Cullinan 1 and Cullinan 2 are probably worth over $600 million.