Legend has it that beautiful jewels always seem to be guarded by evil forces.
In fact, there are indeed some treasures of extraordinary birth that are shrouded in mysterious power.
What it brings to its master is not glory and peace, but endless disasters and bad luck.
Today we will take a look at these jewels that seem to be cursed in history.
Uncover the unknown story ...
Hope: the beautiful diamond of death
There are several peerless gems in the existing deep blue diamonds, the most famous of which is "Hope". Hearing this name, you may think that this auspicious diamond should bring infinite hope and good luck to its owner. In fact, this strange and beautiful gem has brought bad luck and even death to its owner in three centuries.
1642, French jeweler Tavimir discovered this huge dark blue diamond in southwest India, which weighed 1 12 carats at that time. Knowing the goods, he immediately brought the gem back to his motherland and presented it to King Louis XIV of France. The king sealed him an official position and gave him a large sum of money as a reward for presenting treasures.
However, bad luck began to befall everyone who came into contact with precious stones. Rich Tavimir had a son, the black sheep of his family. With the boy's unremitting efforts, his father's money was quickly squandered. Under the threat of his son, poor Tavimir went to India for treasure again at the age of 80, only to be killed by wild dogs and exposed to the wilderness. Then it was Louis XIV's turn. The extravagant king ordered the blue diamond to be carved into a diamond ornament weighing 69.03 carats, but he only wore it once and died of smallpox. Since then, this gem has been regarded as an ominous thing. Louis XV, who succeeded to the throne, was more cautious. He swore never to wear it, but he lent it to his mistress, who was beheaded in the Great Revolution. Louis XVI was the last king of the Louis Dynasty. He believed in evil and often took this diamond with him and his queen. Finally, the couple both went to the guillotine and were beheaded. The Queen's girlfriend, Princess Lambona, later became the owner of this unlucky diamond, and soon the princess was beheaded.
Since then, this precious diamond has been sealed in the French treasury. 1792, the national treasury was stolen, and the diamonds reappeared in front of the world and were re-polished, and the weight was reduced to 45.52 carats. 1830, it appeared in the jewelry market in London, and was immediately bought by the dealer Hope at a high price of 18000. Since then, this blue diamond has been called "hope". Because the English word "Hope" means "hope", it is also called "hope". Hope passed the blue diamond on to his grandson before he died. Soon, Little Hope went bankrupt. 1906, in order to pay his debts, he was forced to sell Hope, and in the following two years, Hope was resold many times. 1908, Turkish Sultangamid II bought Hope for $400,000. The businessman who handled the transaction then fell off a cliff and died in a car accident during a family trip. The jewel was given to his confidant Zobid by Sudan, but it was not long before Sudan personally executed Zobid. Since then, the bad luck about diamonds has spread like wildfire again, and the price of "Hope" has plummeted.
19 1 1 year, Macland, the postmaster general of the United States, thought that collecting hope was profitable, so he bought it for 1 14000 dollars as a gift to his wife. The following year, his son died in a car accident, and the heartbroken Macland died soon after. The bad luck didn't end. Mrs. Macland's beloved daughter died of an overdose of sleeping pills. Lonely Mrs. Macland lived safely until 1947, which is puzzling. Some astrologers explained that while wearing "Hope", Mrs. markland also owned another world-famous diamond "Oriental Star". The two famous diamonds were mutually reinforcing, which offset the suffocation of "Hope", so Mrs. markland was safe and sound.
1947, Harry Winston, a famous American jeweler, became the owner of a famous diamond. Maybe his extravagance really curbed the evil of diamonds. In the following days, he was not only safe, but also his career grew bigger and bigger. At this point, many people think that the doom of "hope" has finally come to an end. In the following ten years, Winston traveled 640,000 kilometers with this diamond and other precious stones, and toured around the world to raise money for charity. * * * 500 people visited this diamond successively, and * * * raised more than US$ 6,543.8+0,000. Later, he donated these gems to the country, and now they are collected by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The famous diamond used to show off wealth has become the object of scientific research, which may be the best destination of "hope"