What is the largest diamond in the world?
At present, the largest gem-grade diamond in the world is the “Cullinan” diamond, known as the “Star of Africa”, which was discovered in the Premere diamond mine in South Africa in January 1905. It is a diamond block with incomplete crystal, colorless and transparent, without any defects, excellent texture, and weighs 3,106 carats.
It was named Cullinan after the general manager of the mine.
The largest diamond in the world was later bought by the British Royal Family.
After the giant diamond was divided, three EXPERTS worked 14 hours a day for eight months to refine the four largest diamonds.
The “Cullinan First” was pear-shaped and the heaviest of the three, weighing 530.2 carats. It was later set on the scepter of the King of England and called the “Star of Africa”.
It has 74 facets.
The Cullinan II is square, weighs 317.4 carats and is set in the crown of the King of England.
The ‘Cullinan Third’ is pear-shaped, weighs 94.4 carats and is set on the crown prong of the Queen.
“Cullinan Fourth” is a square diamond weighing 63.6 carats. It was created by a segmentation expert who divided the smallest diamond into two pieces, the “Cullinan Third” and the “Cullinan Fourth”.
It fringed the Queen’s crown.
The Star of Africa is cut into nine large diamonds and 96 small diamonds, which are used as crowns, scepters and other decorations.
The remaining five diamonds are: the fifth is heart-shaped and weighs 18.8 carats;
The sixth was point-shaped and weighed 11.5 carats;
The seventh is point-shaped and weighs 8.8 carats.
The eighth is rectangular and weighs 6.8 carats.
The ninth is pear-shaped and weighs 4.39 carats.
There are also 96 small diamonds scattered around the world weighing a total of eight carats.
The remaining piles of very small, unpolished rubble weighed 9.5 carats.
