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So next I went to take a look at the Hope Diamon.
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Hope Diamond
Hope Diamond.jpg
The Hope Diamond in the National Museum of Natural History
Weight
45.552 carats (9.1104 g)
Color
Fancy Dark Grayish Blue (GIA)
Cut
Antique cushion
Country of origin
India
Mine of origin
Kollur mine
Discovered
Unknown. Present form first documented in the inventory of jewel merchant Daniel Eliason in 1812
Cut by
Unknown. Recut from the French Blue diamond after 1791; slightly reshaped by Harry Winston between 1949 and 1958
Original owner
Unknown. Numerous owners including: Tavernier
Louis XIV of France
Henry Philip Hope
Owner
Smithsonian Institution
Estimated value
$200–$250 million USD
Picture of a diamond.
The Hope Diamond in 1974
The Hope Diamond is one of the most famous jewels in the world, with ownership records dating back almost four centuries. Its much-admired rare blue color is due to trace amounts of boron atoms. Weighing 45.52 carats, its exceptional size has revealed new findings about the formation of gemstones.
The jewel is believed to have originated in India, where the original (larger) stone was purchased in 1666 by French gem merchant Jean-Baptiste Tavernier as the Tavernier Blue.[1] The Tavernier Blue was cut and yielded the French Blue (Le bleu de France), which Tavernier sold to King Louis XIV in 1668. Stolen in 1791, it was recut, with the largest section acquiring its "Hope" name when it appeared in the catalogue of a gem collection owned by a London banking family called Hope in 1839. After going through numerous owners, it was sold to Washington socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean, who was often seen wearing it. It was purchased in 1949 by New York gem merchant Harry Winston, who toured it for a number of years before giving it to the National Museum of Natural History in 1958, where it has since remained on permanent exhibition. "
The rest in here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond
What caught my attention was 2 things:
1 - "Original owner: Unknown. Numerous owners including: Tavernier; Louis XIV of France; Henry Philip Hope"
2- "The curse controversy"
So 1 it was originally from India, then owned later on by French royalty, then moved to England, then to the States to end up in the Smithsonian. Interesting, no? And each owner ended up with something BAD happening to him or her, right? Even more interesting, no?
So we have French royalty ties and occult ties (= the curse) and it ends up in the Smithsonian where there are some STRANGE things taking place.
The it got a new display from it's OLD Cartier one (Cartier as in French Jewelers) = "On November 18, 2010, the Hope Diamond was unveiled and displayed at the Smithsonian in a temporary newly designed necklace called "Embracing Hope", created by the Harry Winston firm"
There are a lot of things and connections still to be explored. Just the names of the Jewelers and the Museum is like getting into another rabbit hole.