Aurora Pyramid of Hope

The Aurora Pyramid of Hope is the most comprehensive natural color diamond collection in the world [Aurora Pyramid of Hope on Display at London's Natural History Museum, November 28, 2007 - http://www.gia.edu/newsroom/608/29912/news_release_details.cfm] . It was on public display at the "American Museum of Natural History in New York" from 1989 to 2005 in the Morgan Hall of Gems. Aurora Pyramid of Hope was the centerpiece for the 1998 exhibition "The Nature of Diamonds" organized by the American Museum of Natural History which toured Japan, Canada and the U.S. In 2005 Aurora Pyramid of Hope was invited to participate in the exhibition "Diamonds" organized by The Natural History Museum of London. At that time 36 new specimens were added to the original 260 diamonds. Today Aurora Pyramid of Hope consists of 296 diamonds weighing a total of 267.45 carats.

All the colors of the spectrum that diamonds exist in are represented in various shapes, saturations and modifiers including "blue diamonds", "pink diamonds", "red diamonds", "green diamonds", "orange diamonds", "purple diamonds", "violet diamonds", "yellow diamonds", "olive diamonds" and "brown diamonds". Also represented are color changing "chameleon diamonds". Aurora Pyramid of Hope was put together by Alan Bronstein and Harry Rodman over 25 years.

Aurora Pyramid of Hope is currently on display at "The Natural History Museum of London".

References

*Hofer, Stephen "Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds - An Illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection"
*Bronstein, Alan and Hofer, Stephen "Forever Brilliant - The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds"

External links

* http://www.auroragems.com
* http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/green-zone/vault/

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