Which is the world's biggest diamond?

Answer 1

The largest diamond
The world's largest diamond was the Cullinan, found in South Africa in 1905. It weighed 3,106.75 carats uncut. It was cut into the Great Star of Africa, weighing 530.2 carats, the Lesser Star of Africa, which weighs 317.40 carats, and 104 other diamonds of nearly flawless colour and clarity. They now form part of the British crown jewels.

The Cullinan was three times the size of the next largest diamond, the Excelsior, which was also found in South Africa. The world's largest documented polished diamond - unearthed in 1986, also in South Africa - is called Unnamed Brown. It weighs 545 carats and was cut down from a 700 carat rough diamond. It took an international team of expert cutters 3 years to complete the masterpiece. Another impressive diamond that also took 3 years to cut, and also is part of the British crown jewels, is the Centenary Diamond. It weighs 273.85 carats and is the world's largest flawless diamond.

Answer 2

The Cullinan Diamond is still the largest gem quality diamond ever found however it was cut into a number of stones the largest of which is The Star of Africa No.1 which weighs 520.20 cts. and was until recently the largest cut diamond in the world. In 1985 another large stone was found at the Premier Mine - the same mine which produced the Cullinan - although much smaller than the Cullinan it was used to produce only one large stone. The rough material was cut by Gabi Tolkowsky into a stone weighing a massive 545.67 cts. outweighing the Star of Africa by 15.37 cts. It is not a white diamond however but a stone with a strong yellow brown colour. It has been named the Golden Jubilee Diamond as it was presented to King Rama IX on the 60th (Golden) anniversary of his coronation as King of Thailand.

Answer 3

The world's largest colourless diamond is the CULLINAN DIAMOND. It was found by Thomas Cullinan in 1905 and was 3,106 carats uncut.
It was sold and later given to King Edward VII of England as a birthday gift.
The King commissioned the Asscher Brothers to cut jewels from it, the most famous being the Great Star of Africa of 550.20 carats.

Answer 4

The Cullinan I, Star of Africa the largest cut diamond weighed around 520 carats with about 76 facets. It is cut from the largest rough diamond that was ever found throughout history. It weighed over 3,106 carats with a weight of 1.26 pounds

The second largest diamond is the Excelsior, which originally weighed about 995 carats.

The third largest rough diamond ever found was the Star of Sierra Leone which weighed about 969 carats.

The fourth largest, the great Mughal weighed about 793 carats.

The largest diamond found in North America is called the Uncle Sam Diamond weighing about 40.23 carats found near Murfreesboro, Arkansas which used to be displayed in the American Museum of Natural History.


Star of India is a RUBY!

Answer 5

World's biggest diamond found in South African mine.It's a 7000 carat diamond.The stone is between 6,500 and 8,000 carats.

Answer 6

Star of India

Answer 7

cullinan dimond