According to the legend, the Black Orlov is said to have taken its name from the Russian Princess Nadia Vyegin-Orlov who owned it for time. It is a 67.50-carat cushion-cut stone, a so-called black diamond (actually, a very dark gun-metal color).
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The De Beers Millennium Star is, at 203.04 carat (40.608 g), the world’s second largest known top color (D), internally and externally flawless, pear-shaped diamond.
Millennium StarThe world’s largest top-color diamond – the Centenary Diamond was recovered at Premier Mine (DeBeers) in times od centenary celebrations of DeBeers, hence it beautiful name. The raw diamond was perfect 599 carat, The Centenary was found on July 17th, 1986 by the electric X-ray recovery system at the Premier Mine and it’s presence was kept as Top Secret.
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The Centenary diamond
A truly historic diamond discovered in 1701 by an Indian slave near Golconda, it weighed 410 carats in the rough. A wonderful stone of Indian origin, this was origially known as the Pitt Diamond after Thomas Pitt who aquired it after 1701 under circumstances that remain murky to this day. He claimed to pay £20,000 for it and it cost £5000 and took 2 years to cut.
It was cut into a cushion shaped brilliant of 140.50 carats and, until it was sold to the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France when Louis XV was a boy-at that time in 1717, was called The Pitt. It was then renamed The Régent and set in the crown that Louis XV wore at his coronation.
After being stolen in 1792 it was recovered a year later and became The National Diamond of France.
After the French revolution, it was owned by Napoleon Bonaparte who set it in the hilt of his sword. It is now on display in the Louvre.
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