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Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Photograph of a group of large, clear, colored diamonds from the National Gem Collection

Photograph of an arrangement of diamond jewelry

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Photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101) lying flat

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond necklace (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond pendant (NMNH G7101)

Close-up photograph of the Victoria-Transvaal diamond pendant (NMNH G7101)

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Victoria-Transvaal Diamond Necklace. Modified pear-shaped brilliant-cut light brown orange diamond (67.89 ct) in a necklace. Lot described as "center stone cut from a 240 ct crystal, set in yellow gold with 108 pear, marquise and round colorless and lt brown diamonds (44.67 ct total wt)." [AUTO]

Victoria-Transvaal Diamond Necklace. Modified pear-shaped brilliant-cut light brown orange diamond (67.89 ct) in a necklace. Lot described as "center stone cut from a 240 ct crystal, set in yellow gold with 108 pear, marquise and round colorless and lt brown diamonds (44.67 ct total wt)." [AUTO]

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Victoria-Transvaal Diamond Necklace. Modified pear-shaped brilliant-cut light brown orange diamond (67.89 ct) in a necklace. Lot described as "center stone cut from a 240 ct crystal, set in yellow gold with 108 pear, marquise and round colorless and lt brown diamonds (44.67 ct total wt)." [AUTO]

Victoria-Transvaal Diamond Necklace. Modified pear-shaped brilliant-cut light brown orange diamond (67.89 ct) in a necklace. Lot described as "center stone cut from a 240 ct crystal, set in yellow gold with 108 pear, marquise and round colorless and lt brown diamonds (44.67 ct total wt)." [AUTO]

Victoria-Transvaal Diamond Necklace. Modified pear-shaped brilliant-cut light brown orange diamond (67.89 ct) in a necklace. Lot described as "center stone cut from a 240 ct crystal, set in yellow gold with 108 pear, marquise and round colorless and lt brown diamonds (44.67 ct total wt)." [AUTO]

Victoria-Transvaal Diamond Necklace. Modified pear-shaped brilliant-cut light brown orange diamond (67.89 ct) in a necklace. Lot described as "center stone cut from a 240 ct crystal, set in yellow gold with 108 pear, marquise and round colorless and lt brown diamonds (44.67 ct total wt)." [AUTO]

Diamond jewelry from the National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on display in the Gem Gallery of the museum's Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals. Left to right: Catalog numbers NMNH G9997, the Thompson Diamond Brooch, and NMNH G9998, the Thompson Diamond Earclips. Gift of Mrs. Libbie M. Thompson in 1990. Catalog number NMNH G7101, the Victoria-Transvaal Diamond. Gift of Leonard and Victoria Wilkinson in 1977. Catalog number NMNH G7106, the Wilkinson Diamond Brooch. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wilkinson in 1977. Catalog number NMNH G7107, Wilkinson Diamond Ringdant. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wilkinson in 1978. Catalog record EZIDs: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38476c2d8-ed11-4739-8b54-11dfb4cee619 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df74735c-f20f-43a5-8483-df16fe44ee45 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/358544a28-2938-42b2-a79e-c49b185942ea http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3aa9f736b-66dc-421e-8f3b-214dca4e7380 http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39a2d79a9-379c-4612-86b5-90fd584a83b0

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Taxon:: Diamond - Primary Gem

Record Last Modified:: 17 Sep 2024
Specimen Count:: 1

Other Numbers:: IGSN ID : 10.58151/NHB002LWP
USNM Number:: NMNH G7101-00

Color:: Light Brown Orange
Cut:: Modified Pear Shaped Brilliant
Jewelery Type:: Necklace
Maker:: Baumgold Bros. Inc.
Weight:: 67.89 ct

Place:: Transvaal, South Africa, Africa

See more items in:: Mineral Sciences; Gems; NMNH - Mineral Sciences Dept.

Record ID:: nmnhmineralsciences_1004359

GUID (Link to Original Record):: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/358544a28-2938-42b2-a79e-c49b185942ea