DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER!!!

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER THE WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND.
GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN HER HUSBAND AND DIAMOND, THE WOMAN WILL GO FOR ……..ND.
YES YOU HAVE GUESSED IT RIGHT! SO LADIES & GENTLEMEN DIAMOND. VIZAG BABS PRESENTS THE WORLD'S FAMOUS DIAMONDS FOR YOUR EYES ONLY:

THE KOH-I-NOOR IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ONCE SET IN THE FAMOUS PEACOCK THRONE (kohinoor)OF EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN AS ONE OF THE PEACOCK’S EYE THRONE.
THE GREAT STAR OF AFRICA, LARGEST POLISHED DIAMOND IN THE WORLD,(star of africa) HAVING 74 FACETS AND IS THE LARGEST STONE CUT FROM THE CULLINAN.
THE CENTENARY DIAMOND, POSESSING 247 FACETS, IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST ( the centenary),MODERN CUT, TOP-COLOUR, FLAWLESS DIAMOND, UNVEILED AT THE TOWER OF LONDON IN 1991.
THE ORLOFF, LEGEND HAS IT THAT THIS FAMOUS DIAMOND WAS SET AS THE EYE OF THE GOD (the orloff) IN THE TEMPLE OF SRI RANGEN AND WAS STOLEN BY A FRENCH SOLDIER DISGUISED AS A HINDU.
THE REGENT, A TRULY HISTORIC DIAMOND, DISCOVERED BY AN INDIAN SLAVE NEAR GOLCONDA. CUSHION-SHAPED (the regent)CHANGED HANDS FROM WILLIAM PITT, ENGLISH PRIME MINISTER SOLD TO DUKE OF ORLEANS.AFTER FRENCH REVOLUTION, OWNED BY NEPOLEAN AND NOW AT THE LOUVRE, PARIS.
THE IDOL’S EYE, LEGEND HAS IT THAT IT WAS GIVEN AS RANSOM FOR PRINCESS OF RASHHEETAHYTE (the idol's eye) BY THE SHEIKH OF KASHMIR TO THE SULTAN OF TURKEY. WHO HAD ABDUCTED HER.
THE BLUE HOPE, MORE NOTORIOUS THAN ANY OTHER STONE. IT WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE HOPE FAMILY. THIS DIAMOND (the blue hope)HAS A REPUTATION OF BAD LUCK. BROUGHT POVERTY TO ITS OWNERS. FAILING TO SELL, THIS DIAMOND HAS BEEN DONATED TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IN WASHINGTON.
THE SANCY, FRENCH AMBASSODAR, SEIGNEUR DE SANCY OF TURKEY LOANED (the sancy) IT TO THE FRENCH KING HENRY III WHO WORE IT IN THE CAP WITH WHICH HE CONCEALED HIS BALDNESS.
THE TAYLOR-BURTON, THIS DIAMOND WAS BOUGHT BY THE HOLLYWOOD ACTOR AND PRESENTED TO HIS HOLLYWOOD (the taylor-burton)ACTRESS WIFE ELIZABETH TAYLOR. THE CARTIER OF NEW YORK BID FOR IT BUT THE NEXT DAY WAS BOUGHT BY RICHARD BURTON TO PRESENT IT TO ELIZABETH TAYLOR. HENCE THE NAME TAYLOR-BURTON.
HORTENSIA, THIS PEACH COLOURED DIAMOND WAS NAMED AFTER HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, (hortensia) QUEEN OF HOLLAND, THE STEP DAUGHTER OF NEPOLEAN. NOW IT IS IN DISPLAY IN LOUVRE, PARIS.
IT IS VERY INTERESTING AND MYSTIC TO SEE THAT MOST OF THESE DIAMONDS ARE IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INDIA!

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