Hope diamond

Hope diamond
a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
[after Henry Philip Hope (d. 1839), English gem collector, who once owned it]

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Blue diamond from India, one of the largest blue diamonds known.

Named for the London banker Thomas Hope, who purchased it in 1830, the 45.5-carat diamond is on display in the Smithsonian Institution.

The Hope diamond; in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Lee Boltin

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 sapphire-blue gemstone from India, one of the largest blue diamonds known. It is thought to have been cut from a 112-carat stone brought to France by the jewel trader Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and purchased by Louis XIV in 1668 as part of the French crown jewels. This stone, later called the French Blue, was recut into a 67-carat heart in 1673 and disappeared after the crown-jewel robbery of 1792. The 45.5-carat Hope diamond, named for the London banker Thomas Hope, who purchased it in 1830, was apparently formed from it. The Hope diamond is on display in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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