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Great Mogul

Shape Cut:

Rose

Color:

White

Polished Weight:

280.00 carats

Rough Weight:

787.50 carats

Comment:

The largest diamond ever found in India. It was discovered as a 787-carat rough stone in the Golconda mines in 1650 and subsequently was cut by the Venetian lapidary Hortentio Borgis. The French jewel trader Jean-Baptiste Tavernier described it in 1665 as a high-crowned rose-cut stone with a flaw at the bottom and a small speck within. Its present location is unknown, and some believe. The photograph is a drawing of diamond, not a photograph.

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