Victoria Transvaal Diamond

The Victoria-Transvaal is a 67.89-carat yellow-brown stone drops Design. It was an average of 240 carats of crystal, it was found that in the Transvaal, South Africa. The first cut of 75 carats-116-facet of the stone, measured at 1 x 1 ³ / 8 inches, a recutting maintained the same length and width, but reduces the depth to a better proportions, so it is bright. The diamond was already in several Hollywood films, including an episode of Tarzan, 1952, entitled Tarzan’s Savage Fury, and exhibitions in the USA and Canada.

The chain was the golden tree Brothers, Inc, and consists of a gold chain with 66 bright yellow tour Cut diamonds, gefranst to ten drops of grounds, each with two Marquise-cut diamonds, pear diamond, and a small round brilliant-Cut Diamond (the total weight is 106 diamonds of approximately 45 carats). The configuration of these stones they see as de facto little angels! The necklace was donated by Leonard and Victoria Wilkinson during the year 1977 on the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC.

Other diamonds color of the Smithsonian include the collection of 8.30 carat diamond Shepard. This stone comes from South Africa and the assumption by the Smithsonian Museum, in exchange for a collection of small diamonds smuggled goods were seized goods by the United States Customs Service. The diamond is named after the Smithsonian collaborators helped the transaction.

A red diamond is very rare in the Smithsonian Institution as good. It is the De Young red, a 5.03-carat diamond bright red cut. The main facets of kite-shaped crown are divided into two parts, so that more brilliance of the stone as a standard round brilliant cut. The red rock is not simple, but a slight brown hue, which is seen as an end and red garnet, indeed, it was once purchased as such in a sale.

It is the third red diamonds in the world after the Moussaieff Red (5.11 carat) and red diamonds (5.05 carat).

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