Classification of Hope and Bad Luck: Stone Code
-The mysterious magic of rare blue diamonds
Beautiful and crystal-clear diamonds are a treasure given by God to the world, and transparent diamonds with bright dark blue are even rarer. There are only a few big diamonds in the world, which are hard to find. Among them, the world-famous diamond "Hope" is a rare blue diamond.
The existing diamond "Hope", weighing 45.52 carats, has an extremely rare dark blue, clear and transparent, and the blue color does not contain a trace of impurities, showing a beautiful feeling. However, when people look at it, they only feel that this beauty is faintly emitting a touch of evil, a fierce light, and even called it "the diamond of bad luck." The reason is that its foggy history is full of strange and tragic experiences, which will always bring irresistible bad luck to its owner.
In A.D. 1642, French explorer and jeweler Tavimir first got this huge gem diamond in southwest India. It weighs 1 12 carats and has an extremely rare dark blue. Tavimir took the gem back to France 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 the price of the gem. However, great wealth did not bring happiness to Tavimir, but only made his unfilial son live a decadent life more brazenly until he squandered all his money. 80-year-old Tavimir was penniless and still worried about his livelihood, so he crossed the ocean again with a glimmer of hope and came to India. There, the old and frail Tavimir was killed by wild dogs and died in a foreign land. From then on, the legend of this famous diamond began.
King Louis XIV of France got this huge gem diamond and polished it into a diamond weighing 69.03 carats. Louis XIV wore it only once and soon died of smallpox. King Louis XV of France became the new owner of diamonds. He swore not to wear this big dark blue diamond, but he lent it to his mistress. As a result, Louis XV's mistress was beheaded in the French Revolution. This big blue diamond was passed on to King Louis XVI of France, and his queen often wore it. As we all know, Louis XVI and his wife were finally guillotined. Princess Lambona, the girlfriend of Queen Louis XVI, became the owner of this unlucky blue diamond. Soon, she was also killed in the French Revolution.
Since then, this big blue diamond has never been worn by anyone. It is kept in the French treasury. However, in 1792, this blue diamond was stolen, and the fate of the thief was unknown, except that it was rethought once and its weight was reduced to 45.52 carats. It appeared in the London jewelry market on 1830, and was bought by the banker Hope at a price of 18000. Since then, this blue diamond has been named "Hope" after the new owner's surname. Because the English word "Hope" also has the meaning of hope, it is also called "hope". Hope, a banker, unmarried, passed the blue diamond to his grandson (on condition that he changed his surname to Hope). The new diamond owner later married American actress Josie. Soon, Little Hope went bankrupt, and Josie divorced him. Josie died in Boston 1940, USA. She lived in poverty in her later years and often complained that the "hope" of blue diamonds brought her bad luck. 1906, Little Hope was forced to sell the blue diamond "Hope" to pay off debts. In the following two years, "Hope" was resold many times.
1908, the blue diamond "Hope" was purchased by Turkish Sultangamid II for 400,000 US dollars. It is said that when the businessman who handled this business went out with his wife and children, the car fell off a cliff and the whole family was killed together. The blue diamond "Hope" was given to his confidant Zobid by Sudan in a Turkish court, but Zobid was soon executed by Sudan.
19 1 1 year, Mackland, the postmaster in Washington, USA, bought the blue diamond "Hope" for 1 14000 dollars, and he gave it to his wife as a gift. Someone told Mrs. Macland that it was a diamond that would bring bad luck, and told her many amazing legends in history. Mrs Macland laughed it off. She often wears this diamond, and often wears it with another famous diamond she owns, the 94.8-carat "Oriental Star", to show luxury and wealth. Maybe it is a coincidence! The year after Mrs. Macland got the "hope" of Blue Diamond, her son died in a car accident, her husband, Mr. Macland, died soon after, and her daughter died of overdose of sleeping pills.
Mrs markland died on 1947. Winston, a famous American jeweler, bought all her jewels on 1958 and became the new owner of the blue diamond "Hope". What about the aftermath? Winston took this unlucky diamond and flew across the Atlantic many times in different seasons. Once, Winston and his wife went to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. When he returned to new york, his wife left by plane the day before, and Winston himself flew back to new york the next day. Mrs. Winston's plane took off on time and landed at Maria Airport in Azores, where it refueled as required. It was delayed for about three hours because of a minor engine failure. While waiting for repairs, a male passenger suddenly refused to take the plane again and insisted on taking the next day's plane instead, so he got off the plane and left.
On the way to Lisbon airport the next day, Winston received a telegram from his wife saying that she had arrived in new york safely. Winston put the telegram in his pocket and boarded the flight to new york. When the plane took off, he found that the seat next to him was empty. He is very happy because he can have a good sleep. When I woke up, the plane had arrived at Maria airport in Azores. When the plane refueled, Winston got off the plane and went for a walk.
When he returned to the plane, he found a guest beside him, who was telling an adventure story to the passengers on the plane. He said that he actually took a plane with the wife of the owner of the unlucky diamond yesterday. Sure enough, the plane broke down at Maria airport, so he quickly got off the plane and asked to take today's plane instead. The passenger continued, "I'm not superstitious, but why should I risk flying with the wife of the owner of that unlucky diamond?" I insist on taking another plane. You see, I'm safe and can talk here. Winston was really dumbfounded, thinking, what would this guy do now if he knew I was the owner of the blue diamond "Hope"? Just then, the guest next door suddenly raised his voice and said, "It would be strange if that plane could arrive safely yesterday." Hearing the curse, Mr. Winston couldn't stand it any longer. He took out his wife's telegram from his pocket and handed it to the excited passengers next door. Suddenly, he was as quiet as a deflated ball until he reached his destination, new york. The passengers never spoke again.
Superstition is finally shattered and bad luck is over. This beautiful blue diamond "hope" has gone through ups and downs and suffered countless unfair grievances, and now it finally has its due destination. Winston donated it to the country as a gift, and it is now in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, USA. From then on, it is no longer an ornament to show off luxury and wealth, or to increase personal beauty, but a specimen of scientific research.