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Author:
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Subject:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences  Search this
United States National Museum Division of Mineralogy and Petrology  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Date:
1974
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in the "Torch," January 1983. There is a color photograph of the gem in Widder, Robert B. A PICTORAL TREASURY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1966, p. 22.
Summary:
The Hope Diamond, the largest of all blue diamonds, 45.52 carats, exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History. The gem is slightly lopsided, possibly because the bottom of the teardrop shape was cut away so that the original stolen jewel could not be identified. The setting is a circlet of smaller white diamonds on a chain of diamonds.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder January 1983
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Hope diamond  Search this
Minerals  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Specimens  Search this
Gems  Search this
Mineralogy  Search this
Standard number:
74-6034
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8819