Biggest diamonds in the world ranked by carat weight as a rough stone
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Name
Carats (rough)
Carats (after cut)
Shape
Date of discovery
Place of discovery
Current owner
The Cullinan I
3106,75
530,2
Pear
1905
Premier Mine (South Africa)
Queen Elisabeth II
The Cullinan II
317,4
Cushion
The Cullinan III (lower)
94,4
The Cullinan IV (upper)
63,3
The Cullinan V
18,8
Heart
The Cullinan VI
11,5
Marquise
The Cullinan VII (lower)
8,8
The Cullinan VIII (upper)
6,8
Oblong brilliant
The Cullinan IX
4,39
The Nameless
1000
489,07
Rectangular
Unknown
Probably Brazil or Centrafrica
The Excelsior I
995,20
69,68 (original stone was cut into 21 gems)
1893
Jagersfontein Mine
Robert Mouawad
Star of Sierra Leone
969
53,96 (original stone was cut into 17 gems)
1972
Diminco Mine (Sierra Leone)
Harry Winston
The Incomparable
890
407,48
Triolette
1980
Congo
Louis Glick
The Millennium Star
777
203,04
1990
Mbuji-Mayi district of Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
De Beers
The Woyie River
770
original stone was cut into 30 gems (the largest one weighted 31.35 cts and became known as the Victory diamond)
Emerald
1945
Woyie River (Sierra Leone)
The Golden Jubilee
755
545,67
Rose cushion
1985
Government of Thailand
The President Vargas
726,60
48,26 (original stone was cut into 29 gems)
1938
Brazil
(San Antonio River)
The Jonker
726
125.35 (original stone was cut into 13 gems)
1934
Elandsfontein
(near Premier Mine - South Africa)
The Jubilee
650,80
245,35
1895
(South Africa)
The Sefadu
620
Uncut
1970
Lazare Kaplan
The Kimberley Octahedron
616
1964
Dutoitspan Mine (South Africa)
The Lesotho Promise
603
75 (cut into 26 gems)
Pear set on a necklace /w its 25 other satellites stone
2006
Letseng Mine (South Africa)
Lawrence Graff of London
The Lesotho Brown
601
71,73 (cut into 18 gems)
1967
The Centenary
599
273,85
Modified heart
1986
The Spirit
Of
De Grisogono
587
312,24
Mogul
West
Central Africa
The Letseng Legacy
493.24
unknown
2007
Letseng Mine (Lesotho)
SAFDICO (Graff Jewellers)
The Kimberley
490
55,09
1921
Kimberley Mine (South Africa)
The De Beers
428,50
234,69
1888
De Beers Mine (South Africa)
Disapeared
The Regent
410
141
1698
Paritala-Kollur Mine (India)
Musée du Louvre (France)
The Orloff
Unknown (supposed to be 300)
194
Antique rose
First appearance in 1750
South India
Kremlin Museum (Moscow)
The Oppenheimer
253,70
Octo-hedral
(uncut)
Smithsonian Institute
The Hope Diamond
115
45,52
Antique cushion
Unknown but probably around 1653
Kollur Mine (India)
Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC)
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