The queen’s diamonds contain a secret about the earth’s past

The history of Cullinan, the English Crown Jewels’ biggest rough diamond ever discovered

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The largest diamond in the rough, weighing 3,106.75 carats, was discovered by the South African Premier mine’s superintendent in 1905 during a routine examination (621.35 g).

Changing over to King Edward VII

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It was completed as a present to King Edward VII after many vicissitudes, and he cut it and selected the major stones to be a part of the English Crown Jewels.

The origin

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The Cullinan diamond was a “Clippir” diamond, one of the largest and clearest specimens ever discovered.

Evan Smith’s (Gemological Institute of America) study

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The words of Evan Smith

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The natural surfaces that have been carved by all these different forces over millions of years can have highly odd shapes and complicated details when diamond is chemically etched by magma. All of that is special and lovely.