Victoria Transvaal Diamond

The Victoria-Transvaal diamond as part of a necklace

The Victoria Transvaal diamond (also tree gold diamond ) is a champagne-colored diamond weighing 67.89 carats in the shape of a pendeloque .

As a rough stone, the Victoria Transvaal diamond weighed 240 carats and was found in 1951 in the Premier Mine in the Transvaal , South Africa . The drop- or pear-shaped cut stone has 116 facets and is part of a necklace with another 105 diamonds , which was designed by Baumgold Brothers, Inc. and after which the stone is named.

It has been in the Smithsonian Institution (catalog number G7101) since 1977 as a donation from Victoria and Leonard Wilkinson .

See also

• List of great and famous diamonds

Web links

• GeoGallery of the Smithsonian Institution - Victoria-Transvaal Diamond Necklace
• Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai: Dictionary of Gems and Gemology . Springer Science & Business Media, 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-04288-5 , pp. 500 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).