List of Famous Diamonds

A number of large or extraordinarily colored diamonds have gained fame, both as exquisite examples of the beautiful nature of diamonds, and because of the famous people who wore, bought, and sold them. A partial list of famous diamonds in history follows.

• The Allnatt Diamond, a large antique cushion-shaped brilliant Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond
• The Agra Diamond, antique cushion-shaped stellar brilliant, 28 carats
• The Amsterdam Diamond, a 33.74 carat (6.748 g) black diamond which sold for $352,000 in 2001
• The Archduke Joseph Diamond, antique cushion-shaped brilliant, 76 carats
• The Ashberg Diamond
• The Aurora Butterfly of Peace
• The Aurora Pyramid of Hope
• The Beau Sancy, a 34-carat diamond not to be confused with the Sancy.
• The Blue Heart Diamond, 30.82-carat heart brilliant
• The Briolette of India Diamond, 90 carats
• The Centenary Diamond, the world's largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond
• The Chloe Diamond, the largest top-quality, brilliant-cut white diamond ever to appear at auction, bought for just under $16.2 million and named by Georges Marciano, founder of Guess Jeans.
• The Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found at 3106.75 carats (621.35 g). It was cut into 105 diamonds including the Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa, 530.2 carats (106.04 g), and the Cullinan II or the Lesser Star of Africa, 317.4 carats (63.48 g), both of which are now part of the British Crown Jewels.
• The Darya-ye Noor Diamond, the largest pink diamond in the world, about 186 carats (36.4 g), part of Iranian Crown Jewels. Its exact weight isn't known and 186 carats is an estimate.
• The Deepdene, widely considered to be the largest artificially irradiated diamond in the world
• The De Young Red Diamond, the third-largest known red diamond was bought in a flea market on a hatpin by Sidney deYoung a prominent Boston estate jewelry merchant. It was donated by him to the museum of natural history.
• The Dresden Green Diamond, antique pear-shaped brilliant - its color is the result of natural irradiation
• The Dresden White Diamond, 47-carat antique oval brilliant, colorless/near-colorless
• The Dresden Yellow Diamond
• The Dudley Diamond also known as the Star of South Africa. This must not be confused with the Star of Africa. The Star of South Africa was the initial name given to this diamond, when it was purchased as an 83.5-carat rough diamond. The diamond is a D-color, pear shaped, three-sided stellar brilliant cut stone, weighing 47.69 carats.
• The Earth Star Diamond a 111.59-carat, pear-shaped diamond with a strong coffee-like brown color.
• The Empress Eugenie Diamond, 52-carat antique pear-shaped brilliant with an odd, random facet pattern
• The Excelsior Diamond, the largest known diamond in the world prior to the Cullinan
• The Florentine Diamond, a lost diamond, light yellow with a weight of 137.27 carats (27.45 g).
• The Golden Jubilee Diamond, the largest faceted diamond ever cut at 545.67 carats (109.13 g)
• The Graff Blue Diamond
• The Great Chrysanthemum Diamond
• The Great Mogul Diamond
• The Gruosi Diamond
• The Heart of Eternity Diamond, perhaps the largest Fancy Vivid Blue
• The Hope Diamond, Fancy Dark Grayish-Blue and supposedly cursed. Almost certainly cut from the French Blue Diamond
• The Hortensia Diamond
• The Idol's Eye
• The Incomparable Diamond, a golden diamond of 407.48 carats (81.496 g) cut from an 890 carat (178 g) rough diamond of the same name - it appeared on eBay in 2002
• The Jacob Diamond weighing 184.5 carats (36.90 g), also known as Imperial Diamond & Victoria Diamond.
• The Jones Diamond
• The Jubilee Diamond, originally known as the Reitz Diamond; perhaps the sixth-largest in the world.
• The Kimberley Diamond
• The Koh-i-Noor, a 105 carat (21.6 g) white of Indian origin, with a long and turbulent history and a good deal of legend surrounding it. After belonging to various Mughal and Persian rulers, it was surrendered by the Maharajah of Lahore to Queen Victoria during the British occupation of India, and is now part of the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
• The Lesotho Promise, is the 15th-largest diamond, the tenth-largest white diamond, and the largest diamond to be found in 13 years
• The Millennium Star, at 203 carats is the second-largest colorless (grade D), flawless diamond.
• The Moon of Baroda
• The Moussaieff Red Diamond, the largest known Fancy Vivid Red
• The Mouna Diamond
• The Nassak Diamond
• The Nepal Diamond
• The Nizam Diamond
• The Nur-Ul-Ain Diamond
• The Ocean Dream Diamond, the only known natural Fancy Deep Blue-Green
• The Oppenheimer Diamond, one of the largest uncut diamonds in the world
• The Orlov, an Indian rose cut rumored to have served as the eye of a Hindu statue
• The Paragon Diamond
• The Porter Rhodes Diamond, a colorless 53-carat Asscher cut stone
• The Portuguese Diamond
• The Premier Rose Diamond, 137.02-carat (27.4 g) stone cut from a 353.9-carat (70.8 g) rough gem of the same name
• The Pumpkin Diamond, perhaps the largest Fancy Vivid Orange
• Pure Perfection, 84 carats, pure white. The largest brilliant-cut diamond ever put on auction. Sold on Nov. 14, 2007, at Sotheby's in Geneva to Georges Marciano of the Guess clothing line for $16.2 million, the second-highest price ever paid for a diamond on auction. Took 2 years to cut.
• The Red Cross Diamond
• The Regent Diamond, formerly belonging to Louis XV, Louis XVI, and Napoleon Bonaparte, it now resides in the Louvre
• The Sancy, a pale yellow diamond currently in the Louvre
• The Shah Diamond, very old yellow diamond (found approximately in 1450 in India) currently housed in the Diamond Fund in Kremlin
• The Spirit of de Grisogono Diamond, the world's largest cut black diamond
• The Spoonmaker's Diamond, circa 86-carat (17 g) diamond housed in Topkapı Palace in Istanbul.
• The Star of Arkansas
• The Star of the East, a 95-carat (19 g) stone once owned by Mrs. Evalyn McLean of Washington DC, who also owned the Hope Diamond
• The Great Star of Africa or Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gemstone-quality diamond ever found at 3,106.75 carats.
• The Star of the South
• The Steinmetz Pink Diamond, the largest known Fancy Vivid Pink
• The Taylor-Burton Diamond
• The Tiffany Yellow Diamond
• The Uncle Sam Diamond, the largest discovered in the US
• The Vargas