Notable Diamonds
Some of the most famous diamonds mined in the Kollur mines are:
- Koh-i Nūr (186ct) - in the British Crown Jewels, London
- The Great Moghul Diamond (787ct) - Lost after Nādir Shāh sacked Delhi
- The Pitt or Regent Diamond (410ct) - in the Apollo Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris
- The Orloff Diamond (300 ct) - in the Diamond Treasury, Kremlin, Moscow (Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlov_%28diamond%29)
- Nizām Diamond (340ct) - in the Nizām's Treasury, Hyderabad
- Daryā-ye Nūr (182 ct) - in the Iranian Crown Jewels, on display:Central Bank of Iran, Tehran
- The Hope Diamond (67ct) - in the American Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington
- The Golconda (135ct) - belonging to Dunklings Jewellers, Melbourne, Australia.
- The Kolluru Diamond (63ct) - Purchased by Tavernier and present location unknown.
- Dresden Green Diamond (41 ct) - "The New Green Vault" in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
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