The Cullinan at more than 3,000 carats, remains the largest raw diamond ever found.
The Cullinan was gifted to King Edward VII on his birthday by the Transvaal government which purchased it from the Premier Diamond Mining company in Cullinan, South Africa. You can read more about its continued history, below.
The Cullinan was mined in South Africa, in 1905.
The Cullinan is the largest diamond ever found, weighing in excess of 3,000 carats. it was found in 1905 in South Africa and is now -- cut into nine important gemstones -- in the possession of the monarchy in England. The gems have been designated for different uses, as royal regalia and as personal jewelery.
It's properties, including its size -- at a whopping 3,000+ carats, the largest raw diamond found to date, its clarity and colour, D or possibly E -- are part of what made this diamond notable.
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The Cullinan was gifted to King Edward VII on his birthday by the Transvaal government which purchased it from the Premier Diamond Mining company in Cullinan, South Africa. You can read more about its continued history, below.
The Hope Diamond. It's not the biggest or the best, but it is the most famous. ______________ As well, the Cullinan Diamond is famous; it's in the Queen's Crown Jewel collection.
Thomas Cullinan - diamond magnate - died in 1936.
Thomas Cullinan - diamond magnate - was born in 1862.
Mother Nature made the Cullinan diamond, which was discovered by a human in 1905.
You can read more from the LA Times, below, in their 1908 article that describes the process used by Mr. Joseph Asscher to cut the Cullinan.
Their extraordinary size! Large diamonds are extremely, especially high quality large diamond, and therefore highly valuable. The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough diamond ever found. Uncut, it weighed 3,106.85 carats. It was cut into multiple diamonds, the largest of which is 530.3 carats, called the Cullinan I. The Hope Diamond is45.55 carat , and is especially regarded for its gray-blue color.
The Cullinan was mined in South Africa, in 1905.
Both are large stones:The Hope Diamond is blue-ish in its colour; andThe Cullinan for its size as a raw stone, more than 3,000 carats.
From Wikipedia: "The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found, at 3,106.75 carats (621.35 g)."
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.