Although it is a bit exaggerated, it does reflect the preciousness and value of diamonds.

Rank 10, Taylor Burton diamond

This pear-shaped diamond was discovered by 1966 in transvaal province No.1 Postal Mine.

Richard Button bought this diamond for Elizabeth Taylor at a price of 165438+ ten thousand dollars, and renamed it "Taylor Barton".

Elizabeth Taylor is regarded as a rare treasure in the world film industry. With this charming treasure, it is unique in the world! ?

Rank 9: Xianxi Diamond

It originally belonged to the "Bold Charles" Duke of Burgundy, France, who lost the diamond in the war of 1477.

Xianxi diamond weighs 55 carats and is a pear-shaped world famous diamond with double rose lathes.

Originally from India, an emissary named Halishens bought this diamond around 1570.

It is said that it is the largest diamond cut into symmetrical faces.

To this day, this diamond is still in the hands of the French government and can be seen in the Louvre Museum in France.

Ranked 8 th, Blue Hope Diamond

It is considered to have the characteristics of the famous Tavernail blue diamond and was brought to Europe from India in 1642.

French jeweler Leonardo da Vinci cut it into a heart weighing 67. 125 carats and named it "Crown Blue Diamond", which was dedicated to King Louis XIV, so he was awarded the title of Baron.

It is said that this diamond will bring bad luck.

You can see this diamond at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington today.

Rank 7: Orlov Diamonds

The evil black gem-The Black Orlov diamond is a 67.50-carat lathe black diamond, which is the exclusive luminous diamond of the Russian royal family.

It was named "orlov" because it came to Russia in the18th century and became a treasure in Princess orlov's jewelry box.

Legend has it that its original name was "Eye of Brahma", 195 carats, which could not be cut, and was embedded in the eye of Brahma, a Hindu god in the local governance of ancient India.

Brahma is also the "god of creation" of the three major Hindu gods, so it is also called "the eye of the creator". Monks driven by wealth stole it secretly, so Brahma was furious and brought great disaster to the world, and cursed all those who owned black diamonds from then on.

Rank: 6. Regent diamond

This diamond was discovered in 170 1 year by Indian slaves working in Patel diamond mine on the Christina River in Gorconda. The original weight was 4 10 carat.

After the death of King Louis XIV of France, his 5-year-old great-grandson ascended the French throne, and ishak Abedina, Duke of Orleans, served as Regent. In order to show his power, Abedina bought this diamond for135,000 and named it "Regent".

And like "hope", it has mysterious bad luck.

Regent diamond is famous for its rare purity and perfect cutting. It is undoubtedly the most beautiful diamond in the world.

1772, at the coronation ceremony of Louis XVI, "Regent" diamonds were set in his crown.

Rank 5: Eye of Idol Diamond

The Eye of Idol is a perfect combination of a series of legends, mysteries and fantasies. His story contains unpredictable deeds such as worship, theft, plunder and mysterious disappearance.

1865, the Eye of Idol was bought by a mysterious photographer at Christie's auction in London. He only left a simple "B.B." as a code name.

After World War II, this 70.2 1 carat diamond has become a part of the necklace.

Rank 4: Sea of Light

The transliteration of the famous diamond "Sea of Light" is called "Daya Inor", also known as the Big Mughal, and it was renamed "Eye of Light" after 1958. The weight of Haiyuan stone in the open sea is unknown, and it may be 787 carats according to records.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, the original stone was discovered in the famous Colell mine in Gorkangda.

The most precious thing about this gem is that it is the largest pink gem diamond.

1958, the then Iranian king Pahlavi got married and made a crown with a huge pink diamond in the middle, weighing about 60 carats. Re-polished with the famous diamond "Sea of Light" and renamed it "Eye of Light".

Rank 3: AXA diamond

Excelsiordiamond, which means "ambitious" or "incomparably noble", is the second largest diamond in the world, weighing 995.2 carats, produced in Avontan mine in South Africa. Is it the fourth gem diamond in the world? .

Because AXA's diamonds contain many impurities, in 1903, the jeweler Henry split this "extremely noble" rough stone and polished it into six pear-shaped, five oval-shaped and 1 1 smaller round diamonds, with weights ranging from 69.7 carats to less than 1 carat, accounting for 37% of the total weight of the rough stone.

Rank 2: Mingshan Diamond

The mountain of light, the name of a precious diamond, is koh-i-noor diamond in English. The original stone is said to weigh 800 carats. ?

It was initially ground into a rose shape and weighed 19 1 carat (186.5 old carats).

1850 belongs to the British royal family. 1862, in order to remove the above defects, it was re-polished into a round drill type, and the weight was reduced to 108.93 carats. This diamond once caused a dispute between the Indian government and the British royal family.

Legend has it that this diamond in the Mountain of Light will bring good luck to the hostess and bad luck or death to any man who wears it.

Rank 1: great African stars

Callinan, Calian?

Named "Cullinan" from the world's largest gem diamond, the original stone is cut and polished into many diamonds of different sizes.

The largest Cullinan 1 (Cullinan I) is embedded in the emperor's scepter, weighing 530.2 carats, and is called "Cullinan".