Koh-i-Noor

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Title: Koh-i-Noor Category: Top 10+ Diamonds Origin: India Listing added: May 13, 2009 Comments: 0 PageRank: 3/10

Believed to have been presented by Sultan Ala-ed-in to two brothers but captured on 4th may 1526 by Humayin, at which point it was stated to be valued at half the daily expense of the whole world. It arrived in England in 1850 and was presented to Queen Victoria on 3rd of July. It originally weighed 186 carats(190metric) and took 38 days to cut to its present form at a cost then of $ 8000. It is currently an Oval Brilliant of 108.93 metric carats. The name means Mountain of Light.The stone is currently set into the Maltese Cross in the crown made for the Queen mother in 1937.

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