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The British government bought the largest diamond in the world for US$750,000, shipped it to the UK, and presented it to King Edward VII in 1907 as a birthday gift for the King's 66th birthday. Later, this diamond was

It came into the hands of Nicholas II. Later, this huge diamond was sent to the Dutch capital for cutting. Many experts studied, analyzed and evaluated this unique "Cullinan" diamond for several months.

, and finally unanimously decided to split the diamond into three large diamonds. The experts carefully studied its splitting direction and first opened a quarter-inch gap in the splitting direction. On the afternoon of February 10, 1908, Ni

Gullah II personally selected two famous Dutch diamond cutting experts, the Joseph brothers, to be responsible for the cutting. There was a consultant team accompanying the cutting site to study the changes at any time, and a doctor and two nurses were invited to protect the scene. If their

It is estimated that if there is the slightest deviation, improper force or wrong hammer angle, the diamond may be split into tens of thousands of gravels. At that time, the future and reputation of the segmentation expert will be over. At this time, the air in the room is very tense, and the segmentation expert will cut the steel blade

The blade was inserted straight into the predetermined gap. He raised the wooden hammer and hit the back of the knife hard. The blade broke! The giant diamond was not broken at all. At this time, the segmentation expert was sweating profusely, but he was still calm. He lifted the wooden hammer again.

The hammer was so nervous that it was difficult to breathe. The segmentation expert hit the back of the newly replaced knife with a strong hammer, and the diamond was completely divided into three pieces as planned. At this time, the segmentation expert also immediately fainted to the ground, and then

It took me a long time to recuperate in the hospital before I returned to normal.

After the giant diamond was divided, cutting began on March 3 of the same year. Three polishing experts worked 14 hours a day for eight months to polish the four largest diamonds.

The "Cullinan First" is pear-shaped and is the heaviest one, weighing 530.2 carats. It was later set on Nicholas II's scepter. This giant diamond was called the "Star of Africa (cullian)". It

There are 74 facets.

"Cullinan II" is square, weighs 317.4 carats, and was later inlaid on Nicholas II's crown.

The "Cullinan Third" is pear-shaped, weighs 94.4 carats, and is set on the spire of the crown.

The "Cullinan Fourth" is square and weighs 63.6 carats. It was made by cutting experts who divided the smallest diamond into two, namely "Cullinan Third" and "Cullinan Fourth". It is

Decorated on the edge of the crown.

The "Cullinan" diamond is cut into a total of nine large diamonds and 96 small diamonds, which are used as crowns, scepters and other decorations. The remaining five diamonds are: the fifth one is heart-shaped and weighs 18.8 carats.

; The sixth one is boat-shaped, weighing 11.5 carats; the seventh one is boat-shaped, weighing 8.8 carats; the eighth one is rectangular, weighing 6.8 carats; the ninth one is pear-shaped, weighing 4.39 carats. There are also 96

A small diamond weighing 8 carats has been scattered around the world. What remains is a pile of rubble that is too small to be polished and weighs 9.5 carats.

This giant "Star of Africa (cullian)" rough stone weighing 3106 carats was cut into 105 diamonds, weighing a total of 10 carats, and 9.5 carats of uncut gravel. The weight of the finished product is only one-third of the original stone.

First, it can be seen that the consumption of polishing rough stones into diamonds is very large.

In front of Li Cong's eyes were several huge diamonds and a bag of small diamonds. There was a description next to them saying that these were made by Star of Africa. Oh my god, Li Cong felt that his blood was flowing rapidly. Now the world

These missing diamonds are very rare. Li Cong tested the hardness of this thing a little and felt that it was definitely a diamond. If it were not genuine, even if it was hidden in such a hidden place, even this guy would not believe it.

Just when Li Cong was surprised, Number 1 on the side saw another tape with the same packaging. The contents inside should be similar to Li Cong's.

"Sir, what does this say about the Mountain of Light? Is it a diamond?" No. 1 said as he prepared to open it. This sentence took away Li Cong's soul. Damn it, is this tsar specializing in...

Diamond makers, how come there are so many good things? These things can't be found outside, but I didn't expect them all to be found here.

The diamond discovered on No. 1 is called the Great Mogul Diamond, and its English name is great mogul diamond. It was discovered in the Kollur mine in India in 1304. The original stone weighed 7875 old carats, and after being processed into a rose shape, it weighed 240 old carats (one

Say 280 carats). The Great Mughal Diamond is a diamond discovered in India in the 17th century. In 1665, the French traveler Tavernier saw this diamond when he was serving in the Indian palace. The Great Mughal Diamond is based on the Taj Mahal.

It was named after its builder Shah Jahan. However, the diamond later disappeared. Legend has it that the "Orlov" and "Korea Noor" diamonds in later generations were split from the Great Mughal Diamond.

The English name koh-i-noor diamond is a famous historical diamond. It was produced in the Kollur mine in India. The rough stone is said to weigh 800 carats. It was originally polished into a rose shape and weighed 191 carats (186.5 old carats). It was returned to the country in 1526.

It was owned by Sultan Baber. It later became a treasure of the Mughal Empire. In 1738, it became a trophy of the Persian King Nadir Shah. In 1850, it was owned by the British royal family. In 1862, in order to remove the flaws, it was reworked into

It is a round diamond with a weight reduced to 108.93 carats. According to reports, the color of this diamond is grayish and the color grade is not high. American gemologists once valued it at US$7 million, but Li Cong believed that if he took it out,

There will definitely be a lot of people willing to spend tens of millions to buy it.

The Orlov diamond weighs 198.62 carats. The diamond is light turquoise in color, like half a pigeon egg, with a gap on one side. It is a famous diamond in former Tsarist Russia. It is said that Count Orlov at the time helped his lover Catherine become the queen and gave it to her.

This diamond was used to remind her lover of her important status. However, after Catherine accepted the diamond, she withdrew her love for Orlov. There was nothing she could do about it. Compared with love, power is more important than love. From this time, Li

But he was not in the mood to care about this, he wanted to continue looking at this treasure house.

Soon Li Cong and No. 1 discovered another famous diamond, the idol's eye, which is a flat pear-shaped diamond, the size of an egg. "Idol's Eye"

It weighs 70.2 carats. Legend has it that it was given by the chief of Kashmir as a "ransom" to the Turkish Sultan who blackmailed Princess Rasha Taha.

The Eye of the God is a perfect combination of a series of legends, mysteries, and fantasies. His story includes unpredictable deeds such as worship, theft, plunder, and mysterious disappearances.

For example, from its name, it is easy for us to think whether this diamond really was the eye of a certain god? But there is not enough evidence yet to show that he had such a glorious experience in his past life. His

The name is probably because of the shape of its carving, which looks like a big bright eye. Why is it cut like this? Why not cut into other styles? This is unknown. Another possibility is that this statue of the god

The Eye was dug out from a statue of a god by some unscrupulous worshiper and then sold on the black market. But this is also impossible to verify.

Another popular theory is that as early as the seventeenth century in the Golconda region of India, around 1607, the eye of the statue belonged to a Persian prince. His name was Rehab. But unfortunately he encountered

When there was a debt crisis, the eye of the statue was used to pay off the debt, so the big diamond flowed into the hands of the creditor, the East India Company. From then on, he disappeared for 300 years, which gave rise to a lot of speculation and controversy...

The focus of the controversy is: Does Rehabil really exist? Even so, how did this diamond move from India to Persia and then back to the hands of the Indians? Was the East India Company doing such a transaction so early?

Queen Elizabeth granted the East India Company a license to do business in Surat in 1600, but the license to do business in India had to wait until 1609. If the East India Company really got the diamond, would they sell it to the powerful?

Did they keep it as a private collection? Or did the East India Company own people guard it and steal it?

Another story goes like this. Legend has it that the diamond was the ransom paid by the Indians after Princess Rashta was kidnapped by the Turkish Emperor. But there is no reliable evidence for this story.

It was not until 1865 that the Eye of the God appeared in people's sight again. At Christie's auction in London that year, the Eye of the God was bought by a mysterious bidder. He only left a simple "b.b" as

Code name. In 1906, this mysterious guest finally surfaced. He was the famous Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918), the last emperor of the Turkish Sultanate. On June 24, 1909,

The Eye of the God appeared at auction again, this time in Paris, and the winning bidder was a Spanish celebrity.

After World War II, Harry Winston purchased this diamond from a Dutch businessman. By this time, this 70.21-carat diamond had become part of a necklace. This necklace was very dazzling. It not only had the eyes of the statue, but also

There are 41 sparkling small diamonds surrounding it, totaling 22.50 carats, and a baguette-cut diamond of approximately 12 carats.

In 1947, the Eye of the God was acquired by Mrs. Mae Bonfils Stanton, the daughter of Frederick G. Bonfils, one of the founders of the Denver Post. She

Her love for jewelry and diamonds is world-famous. She spends her whole life collecting all kinds of jewelry. She is very protective of the eyes of the gods, and she usually doesn't take them out on important occasions. According to reports

She said that she usually only wears this diamond when having breakfast. Perhaps the gorgeous clothes will cover up the light of the eyes of the statue.

In 1962, after Ms. Stanton's death, her jewelry was also auctioned. This time, the winner of the bid at Buck Bonnet Auction House in New York was Chicago jeweler Harry Levinson. He paid $375,000.

In 1967, Levinson loaned this priceless treasure to the De Beer Mine Museum to decorate their Johannesburg Diamond Pavilion.

In 1973, Levinson planned to sell the diamond. He handed the gem to a New York auction house and asked them to auction the diamond for a sky-high price of US$1.1 million. Finally, Lawrence Graf of London bought the statue.

Eye. However, he did not hold it for a short time. Four years later, he transferred the diamond to another person.

There were rumors that this buyer was the Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who was both reviled and reviled. Even though he was constantly in the news, he was still a president. Three years after his death, the Eye of the God disappeared from his mansion again. Just like it

Just as mysterious as when he appeared, he mysteriously disappeared again.

Li Cong believed that this treasure was definitely not the treasure of Tsarist Russia, but should belong to the former Soviet Union, but these are not important, the important thing is that now they are mine.

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