- Jubilee Diamond
Infobox Diamond
caption = A copy of the Jubilee diamond.
colour_scheme =
gem_name = Jubilee
weight = 245.35
grams = 49.07
color = E-grade colourless
cut = Cushion
mine =Jagersfontein Mine
country =South Africa
cutter = M.B. Barends
found = 1895
original_owner = Wernher, Beit & Co.; Barnato Bros.; Mosenthal Sons & Co. (consortium)
owner = Robert Mouawad
value = The Jubilee Diamond, originally known as the Reitz Diamond is a colourless, cushion-shapeddiamond weighing 245.35 carats (49.07gram s), making it the sixth largestdiamond in the world. It was originally named afterFrancis William Reitz , the then president of theOrange Free State where the stone was discovered, before being renamed to honour the 60th anniversary of the coronation ofQueen Victoria in 1897.The original stone, a rough octahedron weighing 650.80 carats (130.16 g), was discovered in 1895 at the
Jagersfontein Mine inSouth Africa . A consortium of diamond merchants fromLondon purchased it along with its even larger sister, the Excelsior, in 1896, and sent it to Amsterdam where it was polished by M.B. Barends. A 40 carat (8 g) chunk was removed, which itself yielded a 13.34 carat (2.668 g) pear-shaped gem eventually purchased byDom Carlos I ofPortugal .References
* [http://famousdiamonds.tripod.com/jubileediamond.html "The Jubilee"] , "Famous, Historic and Notable Diamonds"
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