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2 unusual facts about Great Table diamond


Daria-i-Noor

In 1965, a Canadian team conducting research on the Iranian Crown Jewels concluded that the Darya-ye Noor may well have been part of a large pink diamond that had been studded in the throne of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, and had been described in the journal of the French jeweller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in 1642, who called it the Great Table diamond ("Diamanta Grande Table").

Noor-ul-Ain

The Noor-ul-Ain is believed to have once formed part of an even larger gem called the Great Table diamond.



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