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Do you know anything about blue hope diamonds?

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Do you know anything about blue hope diamonds?

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  1. The Hope Diamond is a large, 45.52-carat,deep blue diamond, currently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C.. The diamond is legendary for the curse it supposedly puts on whoever possesses it. The Hope Diamond appears to be a brilliant blue to the naked eye because of trace amounts of boron within the diamond. The Hope Diamond exhibits red fluorescence under ultraviolet light and is classified as a Type IIb diamond.The Hope Diamond orginates from the Tavernier Blue, which was originally mined at the Kollur mine in Guntur district Andhra Pradesh, India which at that time was a part of the Golconda kingdom.Estimated value of the diamond is $200,000,000–$250,000,000 .

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