What is the largest Diamond ever discovered???

Question

Am i correct in thinking its the Cullinan 1 or the Lesser Star of Africa which is set in the Royal Scepter of the Queen of England????

Further information on this would be greatly appreciated....

Answer 1

I thought it was the Cullian as well, but i found this link for you.

Its interesting.

http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/26...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan_Di...

Answer 2

star of africa   i think

or something like that

Answer 3

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan_Diamond

Answer 4

Go to this site to read and see pictures

The diamond claim was met with scepticism

It is either the greatest diamond find in history, or a case of fool's gold.

South Africa's diamond industry was surprised by reports that a small mining firm had found a stone estimated at 7,000 carats, twice the size of the Cullinan diamond, the largest ever found.

Gems cut from the 3,106-carat Cullinan, including the Great Star of Africa, became part of the Crown Jewels after it was found in Gauteng Province in 1905.

But the origin of the new discovery is unclear. In the only picture of the stone that has been released, it appears remarkably smooth-sided for a large uncut rough diamond, and has a rare greenish hue.

Brett Jolly, who says he is a shareholder in the unidentified mine in North West Province, where the stone was found, said: "It's green and it's big."

A garage grinder had left it unblemished, he said, and while he admitted it had yet to be examined by a gemologist, he said that would happen within days.

"Everything points to the same thing," he said. "Our guy up there has been in the industry for 25 years. I have the utmost respect for him - if he says it's a diamond, then it is."

Mr Jolly's background is as a property developer in Cape Town, where a timeshare company he founded became embroiled in legal difficulties.

His new group's website is offline, but archived copies show it says it can multiply the value of property tenfold, at no cost to the owner.

The diamond claim, though, was met with scepticism. Neither the South Africa Diamond Board, the industry regulator, nor the Diamond and Jewellery Federation, the trade body, could confirm its existence.

"Oh come on," said a director of one diamond-mining company, "that's staggering."

Tom Tweedy, a spokesman for De Beers, the world's biggest diamond company, said a 7,000-carat gem would be the size of "two fists".

"If it is a diamond, it would be the diamond find of the diamond industry."

Answer 5

Astronomers discovered the largest diamond of all times in space. The weight of the precious stone reportedly makes up ten billion trillion trillion carats or five million trillion trillion pounds).

The space diamond is virtually an enormous chunk of crystallized carbon, 4,000 kilometers in diameter. The stone is located at a distance of 50 light years from Earth, in the Constellation Centaurus.

Scientists believe that the diamond is the heart of an extinct star that used to shine like the Sun. Astronomers have already dubbed the space diamond as Lucy in a tribute to the Beatles song ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.’

on Earth it was The Cullinan, largest diamond ever found weighing 3.106 carats. It was found on 26 of January in 1905 in the Premier-Mine of South-Africa from Frederick Wells .

www.valuablestones.com/largest_diamond...

Answer 6

Cullinan Diamond is the largest diamond ever found. It was named after the ower of the mine Sir Thomas Cullinan.

The Golden Jubilee Diamond is the largest polished diamond. Cullinan I or the Great Star of Africa was the largest polished diamond before the discovery of the Golden Jubilee Diamond.

Cullinan II or the Lesser Star of Africa is the fourth largest polished diamond.

For more details see Wikipedia

Answer 7

The Cullinan 1 is the largest cut diamond, and was cut from the largest uncut diamond ever found. at 3,106 carats.

Answer 8

The one on Paris Hiltons Finger.

Answer 9

I know there is two out there, I think found in Africa,  One was found and now some queen in europe has it and the other one, well no one really knows, it is the other half.