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The Agra Diamond
Origin of name
The Agra diamond finds it's name from the city of Agra, the capital town of the Mughal emperors of northern India, from 1526 to1658. It is in Agra that the diamond came into the possession of the Mughal emperors, after it was surrendered by the family of the slain Rajah of Gwalior, who was the original owner of the stone.
Characteristics of the stone
The four Cs of the diamond ie, color, cut, clarity, and carat weight are considered under the characteristics of the stone.The diamond is a naturally colored, fancy light pink, cushion-cut stone of VS-2 clarity, having a weight of 28.15 carats and dimensions of 21.10 x 19.94 x 11.59 mm.
History of the diamond
Being a historic diamond of the 15th century, the stone is undoubtedly of Indian origin, because India was the only source country for diamonds prior to the early 18th century. The mine of origin of the Agra diamond is not exactly known, but should be one of the five groups of mines that was situated on the eastern side of the Deccan Plateau.
The Agra is a historic diamond having a fascinating and enthralling story behind it, that dates back to the 16th century A.D. when the Mughal emperors first captured parts of northern India, and set up their seat of government in Agra.
Occurrence of pink diamonds
Pink diamonds are extremely rare in occurrence like red, purple, and blue diamonds. The occurrence of these fancy colored diamonds is less than 0.1% of all natural diamonds. Along the course of history the source of pink diamonds in the world had also changed. The earliest sources of pink diamonds were the groups of diamond mines on the eastern side of the Deccan Plateau in India, particularly the Kollur mines east of Golconda, in Southern India. The Darya-i-Nur ,Nur-ul-Ain, and other historic pink diamonds from India, might have originated in these mines.
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