Some of the World-Famous diamond
replicas cut by Scott Sucher.
Welcome to
MuseumDiamonds.com
This site is
dedicated to those who are interested in famous diamonds and want to
discover new facts regarding these historic stones.
Why
MuseumDiamonds.com?
You would have to travel to museums in Washington, D.C., London, Paris,
Dresden, Istanbul, Tehran, and many other locales to view the real
diamonds.
Great History
If you are interested in details of each diamond's
history, including records of ownership, purported curses, etc., you
won’t find that here. I suggest that you visit Ryan Thompson’s excellent
& informative site famousdiamonds. tripod.com.
Ryan has the most comprehensive histories of the stones you'll find
anywhere on the Web.
Some of the original diamonds
described on this site, such as the 90-carat
version of the Nassak, the Great Table, the Florentine, and others, have
been lost to history and are no longer available for viewing.
It is only through exhaustive research of
historical records, and the participation of organizations such as the
Smithsonian, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Natural History Museum in
London, Coster Diamonds and Asscher Diamonds in Amsterdam, the Tower of
London, and others, that these stones have come back from the dustbin of
history as high-quality, historically-accurate replicas.
Replicating famous diamonds is not an easy
task. The historical record on many is scant. Much
has been written about these diamonds, but often what is written is contradictory. For
example,
the Tavernier Blue has been reported to be
the size of a hen’s egg or a man’s fist. Actually, at 115 carats, you
can fit five or six of them easily into the palm of your hand.
It is because of these types of
misinformation that I created this site, to clarify the historical
inaccuracies. I hope that you will find this site to be informative and
educational. I also hope that it further sparks your interest to dig
deeper into famous diamond history.
