Famous Diamonds

Birth Stones

Antique Jewelry

Diamonds

Mining Properties In Jewelry

Pearls

Amulets

Gemstones

Rubies Sapphires Emeralds Amber Topaz Opal Aquamarine Garnets Amethyst Peridot Tourmaline Moonstone

Gold Rushes

Travel Reports

Mining

Mineral Localities

Precious Metals

Gems in Medicine

Famous Diamonds Overview works

Famous Diamonds Review Works:

The Classic: Edwin Streeters's Great (Famous) Diamonds of the World

Mrs. Orpen wrote a standard work with additional Stories about Famous Diamonds

Go here for short summaries on "Famous Diamonds" (see table of contents of this book)

Koh-I-Noor:

Several writers have a chapter on the "Koh-i-Noor": Short Overview, Streeter and Orpen

Famous French traveller (who brought back the Hope Diamond) Tavernier wrote about the "Koh-I-Noor"

Famous Indian Moghul Babur writes about the Great Diamond: the "Koh-i-Noor"

Hope Diamond

Hope Diamond: Streeter who supposedly bought part of the original Tavernier Blue diamond, that together with another stone in Geneva would and the Hope diamond would add up to the original blue diamond that was sold to Louis IX by Tavernier.

Also Orpen and Hershey 's short factsheet

Kunz on the sale of the Hope to Frankel

List of Famous Diamonds

Braganza Diamond

    Nizam Diamond
    Matan Diamond
    Great Mogul Diamond

    Stewart Diamond
        Star of the South Diamond
        Du Toit I Diamond
        Great Table Diamond
        Regent Diamond
        Jagersfontijn Diamond
        Orlof Diamond