![]() The diamond has had several owners, including Washington socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean, who was often seen wearing it. It was stolen in 1792 and re-cut, with the largest section of the diamond appearing under the Hope name in an 1839 gem catalogue from the Hope banking family. The stone was cut and renamed the French Blue ( Le bleu de France) Tavernier sold the stone to King Louis XIV of France in 1668. The earliest records of the diamond show that French gem merchant Jean-Baptiste Tavernier purchased it in 1666 as the Tavernier Blue. The stone is known as one of the Golconda diamonds. ![]() Its exceptional size has revealed new information about the formation of diamonds. It is blue in color due to trace amounts of boron. ![]() ![]() The Hope Diamond is a 45.52-carat (9.104 g) diamond originally extracted in the 17th century from the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India. The Hope Diamond in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. ![]()
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