1851 | The Koh-i-Noor diamond was re-cut to 105 carats for Queen Victoria (Empress of India) by a stone-cutter from Amsterdam. This famous diamond is part of the British Crown jewels |
1853 | The Star of the South was found in the Bagagem Diamond Mines in Brazil |
1854 | Royal Asscher Diamond Company was founded |
1866 | The Eureka Diamond was cut from the first diamond found in South Africa |
1869 | The Star of South Africa, a 47.69-carat old style pear-shaped diamond, was found in South Africa |
1877 | The Tiffany Yellow was found in South Africa |
1880 | The colorless Porter Rhodes Diamond came from the claim of Mr. Porter-Rhodes in the Kimberly Mine |
1889 | The Iranian Yellows - African diamonds acquired by Nasseridin Shah |
1895 | The Jubilee Diamond, a colorless, cushion-shaped diamond, was found in the Jagersfontein Mine |
1902 | The Cullinan (aka the Star of Africa) was found by Frederick Wells, the superintendent of the Premier Mine in South Africa, and named after Sir Thomas Cullinan, who opened the mine and was visiting that dayAbraham and Joseph Asscher cut the enormous 3,106 carat Cullinan diamond at the request of King Edward VII in 1902 when the Asscher cut was patented. |
1900's | The Archduke Joseph, a colorless cushion shaped diamond, was found and named after a Hungarian prince Archduke Joseph August (1872-1962) |
1900's | The Spirit of de Grisogono at 312.24 carats was also found in the early 1900's and is the world's largest cut black diamond |