The origin of diamonds-part-2

Orlov diamond is currently the third largest diamond in the world. It weighs 189.62 carats. At the beginning of the 17th century, people discovered this rough diamond weighing 309 carats. According to the wishes of the King of India at that time, a diamond processing expert planned to process it into a rose shape, but failed to do so, which caused a huge loss of the original weight of the diamond (only 189.62 carats remained). This wonderful diamond later became the eyeball of the Brahman deity in the Salinga Temple in India.

　　 In 1773, Earl Orlov bought this diamond and named it "Orlov". He dedicated it to his lover Catherine II as a gift on her naming day. Afterwards Orlov was welded into a carved sterling silver pedestal, inlaid on the top of the Russian scepter. Today, Orlov is still one of the most important gems in the

world diamond library.

In 1701, an Indian slave working on the Kristina River in Golconda found a diamond with an original weight of 410 carats. In order to take the diamond out of the mine, he reluctantly cut his thigh, hid the diamond in the flesh, then wrapped the band around and escaped from the mine. He confided a secret to a British captain and offered to share diamonds with the captain on the condition that the captain would help him escape the country. However, it seems that the ill-gotten wealth will bring disaster-the captain agreed to his request on the surface, but actually stole the diamond and threw him into the sea.

　　The Regent Diamond Captain, Indian businessman, and British Governor-General William of St. George's Fortress in Madras, India. In the hands of Peter, the French Regent, Napoleon and others, after several setbacks, they finally returned to the Apollo Art Gallery in the Louvre in 1945.

Hope Star

It is the well-known diamond of doom. Its appearance is always accompanied by murder and snatching, and it is considered an ominous thing stained with blood. This doom diamond has changed owners several times, and the owners all died bizarrely. Until it was donated to the Smithsonian Institute in the United States, the doom it brought was stopped.