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Hope diamond

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Hope diamond

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The Hope diamond; in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
(credit: Lee Boltin)
Blue diamond from India, one of the largest blue diamonds known. Named for the London banker Thomas Hope, who purchased it in 1830, the 45.5-carat diamond is on display in the Smithsonian Institution.


Hope diamond
largest blue diamond known; believed to bring bad luck. [Western Culture: EB, V: 126]
See : Luck, Bad


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Byline: ANI London, Nov 29 (ANI): With the discovery of a lump of lead, a mineralogist has proved that the Hope Diamond, a star exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, is the long-lost gem looted from Louis XVI in 1792.
New evidence unearthed in France's National Museum of Natural History shows beyond reasonable doubt that the Hope Diamond is the same steely-blue stone once sported by the Sun King, they said.
New evidence unearthed in France's National Museum of Natural History shows beyond reasonable doubt that the Hope Diamond is the same steely-blue stone once sported by the Sun King, they said.
 
 
 
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