SRDC Project Work - Ronak & Sanjay Jan. 2016 MID Batch

1. 10. FAMOUS DIAMOND OF THE WORLD

2. HERE THE LIST OF WORLDS FAMOUS DIAMOND……
DIAMOND ARE ADORED AROUND THE WORLD DUE TO ITS BEAUTY AND
DISTINCTIVENESS.IT HOLDS A UNIQUE PLACE IN EVERY ONES HEART BECAUSE OF
SIGNIFINCANCE IN EVERY CULTURE.

3. 10. ”HORTENSIA”
20 CARATS PEACH COLOURED
DIAMOND
ITS NAMED AFTER QUEEN OF
HOLLAND THE STEP DAUGHTER
OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
IT’S A PART OF FRENCH
CROWN JEWELS
CAN BE VIEWED AT THE
LOUVRE IN PARIS

4. 9. “THE BLUE HOPE”
45.52 CARATS BLUE COLOURED
DIAMOND
NAMED FOR ITS PURCHASER HENRY
THOMAS HOPE
IT HAS LONG ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY
FOR ITS RUN OF BAD LUCK TO ITS
OWNER
ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO EUROPE
FROM INDIA IN 1642
IT IS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE
SMITHOSONIAN INSTITUTE IN
WASHINGTON

5. 8. “THE SANCY”
 THE SANCY IS A 55 CARATS
DIAMOND
IT WAS CUT IN PEAR SHAPE
THE STONE IS NAMED AFTER
FRENCH AMBASSDOR SEIGNER
DE SANCY
IT DISAPPERED DURING THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION

6. 7. THE TAYLOR-BURTON
69.42 CARAT OF DIAMOND IN
WEIGHT WAS CUT FROM 240.80
CARAT ROUGH
COLOR: F-G CALARITY:IF
CUT:PEAR-SHAPE
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1966 IN
THE PREMIER MINE IN SOUTH
AFRICA
RICHARD BURTON BOUGHT
THIS FOR ELIZABETH TAYLOR AS
AN ENGAGEMENT STONE
LAST SEEN IN SAUDI ARABIA

7. 6. “THE IDOLS EYE”
THE 70.20 CARATS
DIAMOND,FLATTENED PEAR
SHAPED STONE THE SIZE OF A
BANTAMS EGG
ANOTHER FAMOUS DIAMOND
THAT WAS ONCE SET IN THE EYE
OF AN IDOL BEFORE IT WAS
STOLEN
IT WAS GIVEN AS RANSOM TO
SULTAN OF TURKEY BY SHEIKH
OF KASHMIR FOR PRINCESS
RASHEETAH

8. 5. KOH-I-NOOR(MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT)
IT’S A 105.60 CARATS, AN OVAL CUT
GEM
ITS PART OF BRITISH CROWN JEWELS
ITS HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1304 IS
THE LONGEST OF ALL FAMOUS
DIAMOND IN THE WORLD
FROMRAJAHS OF MALWA TO MOGUL
SULTAN BABUR AND OTHERS AND
FINALLY TO EAST INDIA COMPANY WHO
GIFTED IT TO QUEEN VICTORIA
ITS KEPT IN THE TOWER OF LONDON
;HAVING ORIGNATED FROM INDIA STILL
MANY INDIANS DREAM OF BRINGING
THE STOLEN KOH-I-NOOR TO INDIA

9. 4. “THE REGENT”
140.50 CARATS PERFECT
CUTDIAMOND HAS AN
UNCONTESTABLE REPUTATION OF
MOST BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND OF THE
WORLD
DISCOVERED IN INDIA IN 1698 WAS
ACQUIRED BY THOMAS PITT WHO SENT
IT TO ENGLAND WHERE IT WAS CUT
IN 1717 THE REGENT WAS
PURCHASED FOR FRENCH CROWN
IT CAN BE SEEN TODAY AT THE
LOUVRE IN PARIS

10. 3. “THE CENETENARY DIAMOND”
273.85 CARATS DISCOVERED AT THE
PREMIER MINE IN JULY 1986
IT WEIGHED 599.10 CARATS IN THE
ROUGH
MASTER CUTTER GABI TOLKOWSKY
WITH HELP OF HIS SMALL TEAM TOOK
ALMOST 3 YRS TO MAKE IT IN TO
WORLDS LARGEST MORDERN CUT TOP
COLOUR FLAWLESS DIAMOND
POSSESSING 247 FACETS 164 0N
CROWN 83 AND ON GIRDLE
IT WAS UNVEILED AT TOWER OF
LONDON IN 1991

11. 2. “THE ORLOFF”
300 CARATS WHEN FOUND COLOR
SLIGHTLY BLUISH GREEN CALARITY
EXCEPTIONALLY PURE, CUT MOGUL CUT
ROSE SOURCE INDIA
SAID TO BE SET IN EYE OF VISHNU IDOL
IN SANCUTARY TEMPLE IN SRIANGAM
STOLEN BY A FRENCH DESERTER
IT WAS GIFTED TO EMPRESS CATHERINE
BY HIS LOVER GRIGORI ORLOFF
THIS GEM IS NOW AT THE DIAMOND
TREASURY OF RUSSIA IN MOSCOW

12. 1. “THE GREAT STAR OF AFRICA”
530.20 CARATS STONE IS THE LARGEST CUT
DIAMOND IN THE WORLD
IT’S A PEAR SHAPED DIAMOND WITH 74 FACETS
IT WAS CUT FROM 3106 CARAT ROUGH ,THE
LARGEST EVER FOUND
IT WAS DISCOVERED ON 1905 IN PREMIER MINE
IN SOUTH AFRICA
IT WAS CUT BY JOSEPH ASSCHER AND
COMPANY IN AMSTERDAM IN 9 MAJOR AND 96
SMALLER BRILLIANT CUT DIAMOND
IT IS SET IN ROYAL SCEPTER AND KEPT WITH
OTHER CROWN JEWELS IN THE TOWER OF
LONDON
MANY SIGNS SUGGESTED THE ROUGH BEING A
PART OF MUCH LARGER CRYSTAL BUT STILL THE
MISSING PART HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND

13. THANKS FOR WATCHING
FROM
RONAK JAIN (MID)
SANJAY (MID)
SRDC