Friday, September 24, 2010

Is the Hope Diamond the Largest Blue Diamond?

Diamond Education:

The Hope Diamond is the most famous diamond in the world, but not anywhere near the largest. It's not even the largest blue diamond. It is, however, the largest Fancy Dark Grayish-Blue. Its not Flawless, either.

Several websites list the Hope as being a Flawless (FL) diamond. This is false - the stone was graded by GIA in 1988 as having VS1 clarity.

The largest blue diamond is a 51.84-carat blue round brilliant once handled by Harry Winston Inc. and whose current whereabouts are unknown.

The largest faceted diamond in the world, period, is the 545-carat Golden Jubilee.

The Golden Jubilee:

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