Blue Diamond
The blue diamond is a 44 carat blue diamond set as a pendant with 16 white diamonds surrounding it and a chain of 45 white diamonds. This diamond has an infamous reputation and fluoresces with a unique reddish color when it is exposed to ultraviolet light. This diamond has an infamous reputation and is said to be cursed. The history of the Hope diamond began when the French merchant traveler, Jean Baptiste Tavernier, purchased a 112 3/16-carat diamond. The legend of the curse is believed to have stemmed from the stone's apparent origins in India. It is said that any who steal or remove the diamond from its original place would be cursed and anyone after that who even touched it would be cursed. Louis XIV of France wore the 67 carat diamond on special occasions and it became known as the "Blue Diamond of the Crown" or the "French Blue." During the French Revolution of 1792 the blue diamond was stolen. It is thought that the diamond was acquired by King George IV of England but sold it after his death because of large debts. In 1839 the diamond was listed as belonging to Henry Philip Hope, from which it got it's now famous name of 'the Hope Diamond'. It was during this time that the legend of the Hope Diamond curse began, and it was spurred on by the fact that all of Mr. Hope's family died in poverty. The Hope diamond passed though several owners until it finally was purchased in 1911 by Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean from the famous jeweler, Cartier. She had the now 44 carat diamond set as a pendant with 16 white diamonds surrounding it and a chain of 45 white diamonds. The diamond's curse continued when her son died an untimely death. But Evalyn would not be parted from it and wore it often. At her death in 1949, Harry Winston brought it and displayed it frequently in jewelry exhibitions. In 1958 he donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Museum.
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