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	Diamond Directroy-Famous Stones-The Hope Diamond
		Hope diamond was originally mined from the Kollur mine in Golconda, India, and was a crudely cut triangular shape of 112 3/16-carats.
		When she died 1947, she had willed the diamond to her grandchildren though her property would be in the hands of trustees until the five eldest had reached 25 years of age, which would have meant at least 20 years in the future.
		The Hope diamond was blamed for fall of king's favor for of madame Athenais de Montespan and French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet, not the mention beheading of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Princes de Lamballe.
	www.diamond-directory.net /famous-stones_hope-diamond.html (1205 words)

	The Hope Diamond
		Hope Diamond and a replica of the stone cut by Scott Sucher from blue cubic zirconium.
		The diamond disappeared, and for many years it was not heard from at all, but in 1830, a large steel blue diamond of a different shape, and weighing only 44.50 carats appeared on the market in England was purchased by Henry Thomas Hope, an English banker.
		This diamond was undoubtedly cut from the French Blue, a contention supported by the fact that, according to French law, the statute of limitations for any crimes committed during wartime twenty years, of which Francillon and his client were surely aware.
	famousdiamonds.tripod.com /hopediamond.html (1583 words)

	Diamond History
		The diamonds possessed magical qualities of the Gods and held powers far beyond the understanding of the common man. Because of these beliefs, the warriors stayed clear of the Kings and others who were fortunate to have the magical diamonds in their breast plates.
		The earliest reference to diamond cutting is in l550 in Antwerp, the most important diamond center of the period, where a diamond-cutters' guild was soon to be established.
		For the next 10 years the Hope diamond was shown at many exhibits and charitable events world wide by Harry Winston Inc., including as the central attraction of their Court of Jewels exhibition.
	www.diamondwholesalecorporation.com /DiamondHistory.html (2802 words)

	Hope Diamond
		The diamond was stolen from the image and many people who had the diamond were cursed and ended their lives with unexpected deaths.
		King Louis XVI gave his queen Marie Antoinette the diamond and it was embedded on the crown of the queen.
		Hope was a millionaire who bought the diamond to make a necklace and to give it as a present to his wife on her birthday.
	www.myanmars.net /myanmar-history/hope-diamond.htm (1667 words)

	The Hope Diamond - the famous Hope Diamond legend, curse and blue color
		Louis XIV of France wore the 67 carat diamond on special occasions and it became know as the "Blue Diamond of the Crown" or the "French Blue." During the French Revolution of 1792 the blue diamond was stolen.
		It was during this time that the legend of the Hope Diamond curse began, spurred on by the fact that all of Mr.
		The Hope diamond passed though several owners until it finally was purchased in 1911 by Mrs.
	www.diamond-legend.info /diamonds/hope.html (258 words)

	Hope Diamond Curse
		Henry Philip Hope was one of the heirs of the banking firm Hope and Co. which was sold in 1813.
		The Hope diamond went to the oldest of the nephews, Henry Thomas Hope.
		Winston donated the Hope diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 to be the focal point of a newly established gem collection as well as to inspire others to donate.
	www.bebimi.com /hope-diamond-story.htm (1689 words)

	Williams Diamond Center - Famous Diamonds
		Henry Thomas Hope's possession of the diamond was uneventful.
		The USSR Diamond Fund comprises many of the historical jewels that were amassed by the rulers of Russia before the Revolution of 1917, along with exceptional diamonds unearthed in the former Soviet Union during the last three decades.
		DANE COUNTY: A grayish green 3.34 (3.83?) carat diamond was found in the drift of the Johnstown moraine 2.5 miles southwest of Oregon on the Charles Devine farm in 1893.
	www.williamsdiamond.com /famousdiamonds.html (4091 words)

	adiamondisforever.com
		Believers in the ominous lore of the Hope diamond generally point to the fate of the Hope’s earliest owner, Marie Antoinette.
		For further evidence of the Hope’s dubious powers, there is the story of the Follies Bergere star who was shot on stage the very first time she was said to have worn the Hope.
		In 1958, Harry Winston presented the 44.5-carat Hope diamond to the Smithsonian in Washington DC where its natural beauty may be enjoyed without running the risks associated with owning it.
	www.adiamondisforever.com /jewelry/famous_hope.html (412 words)

	READ Magazine - THE HOPE DIAMOND
		Hope has it made into a brooch, and lends it to his beautiful sister-in-law, Louisa, the greatest London society hostess of her day.
		1861: Henrietta Hope (Henry’s daughter) is married to “Linky,” the debt-ridden Earl of Lincoln, eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle.
		The marriage is annulled, allowing the Hope Diamond to pass on to their son who, by condition of his grandmother’s will, must change his last name to Hope, thus becoming Lord Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton Hope.
	www.randomhouse.ca /readmag/volume3issue1/features/hopediamond.htm (986 words)

	Amazon.ca: Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem: Books: Richard Kurin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In this authoritative history of the Hope Diamond (also known as the French Blue), Kurin describes how the 112–carat deep blue diamond came into the hands of Louis XIV through diamond trader Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, who in turn had bought it from an Indian mine.
		During his chronicle, the author, director of the Smithsonian's national programs, describes the history of the diamond trade, how precious stones were classified, the long-circulating myth that a curse was attached to the Hope diamond and royal politics of the times, for a serious but fascinating look at cultural and gemological history.
		Renamed for a purchaser, this Hope diamond has a solid chain of custody with ancillary fables of ill fate until it was finally bought by the Smithsonian Institution.
	www.amazon.ca /Hope-Diamond-Cultural-History-Legendary/dp/0060873515 (533 words)

	Hope Diamond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hope Diamond's history can be traced to a blue diamond named the Tavernier Blue, which was originally mined from the Kollur mine in Golconda, India, and was a crudely cut triangle shape of 112 3/16 carats (22.44 g).
		The Hope diamond was recorded in the possession of a London diamond merchant Daniel Eliason in September 1812, which marks the earliest point that the exact history of the Hope Diamond can be definitively fixed.
		When she died in 1947, she had willed the diamond to her grandchildren, though her property would be in the hands of trustees until the eldest had reached 25 years of age, which would have meant at least 20 years in the future.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hope_Diamond (1940 words)

	Hope Diamond Timeline
		Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II purchases the Hope Diamond – reportedly for $400,000.
		The Hope Diamond is loaned to Harry Winston Inc. as part of the firm's 50th anniversary celebration.
		After extensive remodeling of the display area, the Hope Diamond is exhibited in the new Harry Winston Room in the Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals of the Natural History Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
	www.pbs.org /treasuresoftheworld/hope/hlevel_1/htimeline.html (700 words)

	Hope Diamond came from French crown - Science - MSNBC.com
		The Hope Diamond is placed on a mirror at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum in Washington in this Oct., 2003 file photo.
		The deep blue Hope Diamond is the centerpiece of the gem collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, famed for its claimed history of bad luck for its owners. It's been good fortune for the museum, though, drawing millions of visitors.
		The research helps confirm the Hope Diamond as originating with a 115-carat stone found in India in 1668. That stone was sold to King Louis XIV of France who had it cut into the 69-carat French Blue.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6946421 (648 words)

	The Hope Diamond - Read our diamond shopping guides when buying diamonds or diamond engagement rings!
		The diamond was found in India in the Goloconda area as a rough crystal weighing 112 carats.
		After Hope’s death the diamond was owned by many people, including the nephew of Hope, Henry Hope, his wife Adele, the jewel merchant Adolf Weil, the diamond merchant Pierre Cartier, the New York diamond merchant Harry Winston who finally donated the Hope diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 where the diamond is still today.
		The diamond is said to bring misfortune to its possessors, because it is believed to be stolen from an eye of a Hindu idol of the goddess Sita in India.
	www.diamondiva.com /104/hope-diamond (347 words)

	Smithsonian Institution - Department of Mineral Sciences - Hope Diamond
		During a week-long looting of the crown jewels in September of 1792, the French Blue diamond was stolen.
		In 1910 the Hope diamond was shown to Mrs.
		It is classified as a type IIb diamond, which are semiconductive and usually phosphoresce.
	www.minerals.si.edu /hope.htm (1189 words)

	Researchers to Study Properties of the Hope Diamond
		Blue diamonds are of particular interest because of their semi-conducting electrical properties as well as the familiar hardness, chemical resistance, thermal, and optical properties.
		The Hope Diamond was known to have an unusual reddish-orange long-lived phosphorescence - i.e.
		Working after-hours, when the diamonds were not on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, over several week-long periods, the researchers took equipment to the Smithsonian vaults, where they looked at the spectroscopic characteristics of the Hope and other diamonds.
	www.physorg.com /news6027.html (1370 words)

	Washington DC City Pages: Events : Valentine's Day : Hope Diamond Review
		The Hope was mined in India, and the 112-carat gem was brought to France in 1668.
		It was said that a curse rested on it, for a thief was reputed to have stolen the diamond from the eye of a statue of the Hindu goddess Sita, wife of Rama.
		It is intriguing to note that a gem resembling the Hope is worn by Queen Maria Louisa of Spain in a portrait painted by Goya in 1800.
	www.dcpages.com /Events/Valentines_Day/hopediamond.shtml (490 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hope Diamond still holds allure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — Diamonds may bring to mind the warm glow of romance or the heat of a torrid affair, yet the famed and feared Hope Diamond is cool to the touch, almost aloof in its blue grandeur.
		Scientific analysis of the diamonds had to wait until the Smithsonian had the instruments to conduct the work, since taking the diamond somewhere else would be a security problem, Post said.
		The Hope Diamond was returned to its necklace setting and display case Thursday morning in time for visitors to begin walking past, unaware the stone had been away from its normal resting place.
	www.usatoday.com /news/science/2003-10-03-hope-diamond_x.htm (754 words)

	The Hope Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although generations of diamond scholars have debated the Hope's origin, its documented history begins only a few years before Henry Phillip Hope (of the European banking family that helped finance the Lousiana Purchase) bought it in 1830.
		As Lord Francis Hope, he gambled his way to bankruptcy and, in1900, the last of his many petitions to sell the stone was granted.
		During the next ten years, the Hope, as it was now known, changed hands several times, belonging to a NewYork dealer, a Turkish diplomat, a French diamond expert and a French jeweler.
	www.armstrongjewelers.com /Diamonds/hopediamond.html (360 words)

	Hope Diamond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1812 a deep blue diamond described as weighing 177 grains was documented as being in the possession of London diamond merchant, Daniel Eliason.
		After the death of Henry Philip Hope in 1839, the diamond passed to his nephew Henry Thomas Hope and ultimately to the nephew's grandson Lord Francis Hope.
		The sale was completed in 1912 with the diamond mounted as a headpiece on a three-tiered circlet of large white diamonds.
	www.gemstonecafe.com /hope.htm (588 words)

	Amazon.com: Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem: Books: Richard Kurin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		According to the curse, the once-rich Hopes went bankrupt because of the legendary blue diamond.
		On November 10, 1958, the legendary blue diamond traveled in a brown box, by registered mail, and was met by a large group of people at the Smithsonian who celebrated its arrival.
		Kurin gives a color and life to the history of the Hope Diamond, showing the interesting characters and lives touched by the "curse" and also those lives that have been positively affected by the diamond.
	www.amazon.com /Hope-Diamond-Legendary-History-Cursed/dp/0060873515 (1652 words)

	Hope Diamond Research Confirms Theory of Origin
		After a yearlong effort, the evidence supports the theory that the Hope diamond was cut from the French Blue diamond.
		The Hope diamond is thought to have been found in Golconda, India, and was sold to King Louis XIV of France in the year 1668.
		The stone was reset by King Louis XV in 1749; and was stolen in September of 1792 during a looting spree of the crown jewels.
	www.diamonds.net /news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=11372 (348 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Hope Diamond
		In the royal inventories, its color was described as an intense steely-blue and the stone became known as the "Blue Diamond of the Crown," or the "French Blue." It was set in gold and suspended on a neck ribbon which the king wore on ceremonial occasions.
		The sale was made in 1911 with the diamond mounted as a headpiece on a three-tiered circlet of large white diamonds.
		This collection also included the 94.8-carat Star of the East diamond, the 15-carat Star of the South diamond, a 9-carat green diamond, and a 31-carat diamond which is now called the McLean diamond.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmnh/hope.htm (1203 words)

	LiveScience.com - Hope Diamond Traced to French Crown
		WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France.
		The deep blue Hope Diamond is the centerpiece of the gem collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, famed for its claimed history of bad luck for its owners.
		The Hope Diamond in 1996 after being cleaned in New York and prior to being displayed at the Smithonian Institute in Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)
	www.livescience.com /history/ap_hope_diamond_050210.html (678 words)

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