Explore a dazzling collection of history's most legendary and valuable diamonds. From gems with fascinating stories to the largest and most coveted, this list immerses you in the world of these precious stones. Discover their origins, famous owners, and the mysteries surrounding them. Ideal for jewellery enthusiasts, collectors, and those curious about natural and cultural wonders.
Most well-known of all gems
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The Hope Diamond is a 45.52-carat blue diamond, the largest of its kind ever found, making it a piece of immense value and rarity. Its rich history, spanning from French crown jewels to the Smithsonian, coupled with persistent legends of a curse, grants it an iconic status in the world of gemstones.
Was the largest cut and faceted diamond known
The Golden Jubilee Diamond holds the distinction of being the largest cut and faceted diamond in the world, weighing 545.67 carats. Its record-breaking size and distinctive golden-brown hue make it an exceptional piece in gemological history.
Largest known rough diamond at discovery
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The Excelsior Diamond was the largest known diamond in the world from its discovery in 1893 until 1905, when it was surpassed by the Cullinan. Its impressive original size of 995.2 carats and its subsequent transformation into thirty smaller diamonds establish it as a historical and highly valuable piece in the world of gemology.
Largest diamond ever found
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The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, weighing 3,106 carats. Its monumental size and history, from its discovery in South Africa to its incorporation into the British Crown Jewels, make it a gem of immense historical and cultural value.
Largest colourless cut diamond in the world
This diamond is the largest cut clear-diamond in the world, weighing 530.2 carats and featuring 74 facets. Its immense size and its setting in the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross make it a piece of immense historical and cultural value.
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Cushion-cut brilliant with 66 facets
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The Cullinan II is a 317.40-carat diamond, making it the second-largest polished diamond in the world and a centerpiece of the British Crown Jewels. Its origin as part of the Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever discovered, and its estimated value of hundreds of millions of dollars, underscore its exceptional status.
World's most expensive diamond
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The Koh-i-Noor is a 105.6-carat diamond, renowned for its exceptional size and profound history spanning millennia. Its cultural and political significance, being part of the British Crown Jewels and subject to ownership disputes, makes it a gem of great global interest.
Mesmerizing fancy vivid blue-green color
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This diamond is renowned for being the largest fancy vivid blue-green diamond known and certified by the GIA, weighing 5.51 carats. Its unique chromatic singularity and size make it a piece of immense value and global recognition in the realm of precious gemstones.
Weighs 11.15 carats
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The Williamson Pink Star Diamond is an 11.15-carat fancy vivid pink diamond with internally flawless clarity, making it a gem of extraordinary purity and color. Its sale for $57.7 million at auction, at $5.2 million per carat, demonstrates its immense value and status as one of the world's most expensive and coveted diamonds.
Most expensive jewel ever sold at auction (at one time)
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This diamond is the world's largest blue diamond, renowned for its exceptional size and intense vivid blue color. It set a world record by selling for $57.5 million at auction, making it the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction.
One of the world's rarest blue diamonds
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This diamond is an extraordinary specimen due to its 17.61-carat size, vivid blue color, and internally flawless clarity, making it the largest of its kind ever auctioned. Its sale for $43.8 million at Christie's in 2023 underscores its immense value and rarity in the gem market.
Our ranking of famous diamonds of the world is compiled through careful research and analysis of their historical relevance, size, value, and the stories surrounding them.