Jubilee Diamond

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Title: Jubilee Diamond Category: Top 10+ Diamonds Origin: South Africa Listing added: May 13, 2009 Comments: 0 PageRank: 3/10

A colourless cushion cut stone weighing 245.35 metric carats, ranking as the third largest cut stone in the world. It weighed 650.8 carats in the rough and was discovered in 1895. Originally called The Reitz, It was renamed The Jubilee in 1896 in honour of The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. It was planned to present it to her but this never happened. Shortly after being displayed in The Paris Exhibition of 1900, the stone was sold at a value of 7,000,000 francs to an Indian Industrialist and Philanthropist, Sir Dorabji Jamsetji Tata.

Origin:	South Africa
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