Incredible discovery coming from L.A. has brought a smile upon every gemstone lover. It makes one wonder, will I ever have a piece of that, and by that i mean a giant Brazilian emerald. Well until I get my hands even a kilometer close to it, there are already some strong claimers. The Bahia emerald [...]
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I have to admit that not so long ago I had no idea of who McTeigue & McClelland are and what they actually do. By accident I stumbled upon some of their jewelry designs and I was left completely speechless. In my opinion they have this remarkable signature on their jewelry, I guess I would [...]
The Jubilee diamond was discovered in the Jagersfontein Mine 1895. The original rough stone then found weighed 650.80 carats and had an irregular octahedron shape. A consortium of London diamond merchants bought the stone and sent it a year later in Amsterdam to be cleaved and polished by M.B. Barends and Messieurs Metz. After the [...]
The Centenary Diamond was brought to light in 1988 in the Premier Mine on July 17. Its discovery was possible due to modern technology and the use of X-ray imaging system. At its public presentation, Julian Oglivie Thompson, chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines said: “We have recovered at the Premier Mine a diamond of [...]
The Cullinan II is the second largest diamond cut from the Culinan diamond, the largest rough diamond ever found. It is also called the Lesser Star of Africa and it weights 317.4 carats (63.48 g). The cutting shape of this Cullian diamond is cushion and is the forth largest polished diamond in the world. The [...]
