hope diamond

     

The Hope Diamon 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.

Trivia about hope diamond

  • Displayed in a new case in September 1997, it's the centerpiece of the Harry Winston Gallery
  • This world-famous blue gem is named for one of its former owners, Henry Philip Hope
  • Now at the Smithsonian, it was called the "Blue Diamond of the Crown" when owned by Louis XIV
  • In 1996 Harry Winston cleaned & restored this blue gem
  • Ripped from a Hindu idol, this 45.5-carat blue diamond has been linked to the demise of many of its owners
  • On Nov. 10, 1958 New York City jeweler Harry Winston donated this great blue stone to the Smithsonian
  • It's said that this gem was cut from a stone called the French Blue, which was lost after a crown jewel heist in 1792
  • Rumor has it a former owner once let her dog wear this diamond; now it "springs eternal" at the Smithsonian
  • I'd want &/or desire to buy this item seen here; it's about 45 carats, doc
  • It weighs 45.52 carats
  • If actress Lange of "Peyton Place" turned on the "Heartlight" of singer Neil, she'd have this jewel of a name
  • Stolen in 1792, this unlucky gem now in the Smithsonian was once a part of the French crown jewels
  • In 1958 Harry Winston mailed this priceless treasure to the Smithsonian in a brown paper parcel