The Hope diamond is as famous for its exceptional size and color as it is for its scandalous 350-year history, which reads like a thriller. The 45.52-carat saturated blue diamond (about the size of a ...

Few topics in the world of precious stones carry the weight — both moral and historical — of blood diamonds. These glittering gems, identical in appearance to their ethically sourced counterparts, ...

It is perhaps the most famous jewel in the world, a deep steely-blue diamond ...

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The Blue Moon Diamond, one of the world’s biggest, most perfect blue diamonds, goes on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County on Saturday. That’s 12 carats of internally flawless ...

The diamond’s current setting, once described by Evalyn Walsh McLean as a “frame of diamonds,” was originally created by Pierre Cartier and has remained largely unchanged since the early 1900s. NMNH, ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Following Queen Elizabeth II’s death last week, critics have renewed calls for the British government to return ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unearthed in a South Africa mine in 1905 and weighing 3,106 carats, the Cullinan—named after Thomas Cullinan, the chairman of the ...

This video is no longer available. Some new bling is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, in D.C., as the museum unveiled an exhibit called Great American Diamonds on ...

The $40 million Princie Diamond isn't the only big-ticket sparkler that has provoked legal battles and family upheaval. Over the centuries, important diamonds have been known to contribute to ...