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Queen Elizabeth owned the largest cut diamond stolen from Africa and India-Natives Call for the Gems Return "The Great Star of Africa" and "Kohinoor"
Queen Elizabeth II owned the largest clear-cut diamond in the world Known as 'The Great Star of Africa' the 530 carats gem was mined in South Africa back in 1905. It was stolen from South Africa. It has an estimated worth of $400 million.
Queen Elizabeth II owned the largest clear-cut diamond in the world Known as 'The Great Star of Africa' the 530 carats gem was mined in South Africa back in 1905. It was stolen from South Africa. It has an estimated worth of $400 million. |
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The British claim that it was given to them as a symbol of friendship and peace yet it was during colonialism. The British then replaced the name "The Great Star of Africa" with name of Chairman of Mine "Thomas Cullinan".
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Sir Thomas Cullinan was a South African diamond magnate. He is renowned for giving his name to the Cullinan Diamond, the largest diamond ever discovered, and as the owner of the Premier Mine, now renamed the Cullinan Mine, from which the famous gem was extracted on 26 January 1905.
In fact, the largest diamond in the world was found in the South African mine Premier, Frederick Wells, who was the supervisor of the mine, went on a routine inspection and discovered a huge transparent stone with a bluish-white reflection. the diamond weighed 3106.75 carats in its raw state or 622 grams! However, the largest diamond in the world was not named after its inventor, but after the owner of the mine, Thomas Cullinan, and later it was given another poetic name – the Great Star of Africa
The government of the Transvaal colony, on whose territory the only gem was found, donated it in 1907 to the then British King Edward VII for his 66th birthday. It is also interesting how Cullinan travelled to England – in order to deceive the traces and prevent theft, a copy was sent by ship, and the original jewel arrived in England by ordinary mail. What a sensational discovery this was.
Immediately after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, People in Africa and India called for the return of some of the crown jewels.
The queen died on Thursday at age 96, Buckingham Palace confirmed.
The crown jewels include a collection of some of the world's most rare and expensive gemstones.
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| Queen Elizabeth owned the largest cut diamond stolen from Africa and India-Natives Call for the Gems Return "The Great Star of Africa" and "Kohinoor" |
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The diamond in it is called Koh-i-Noor which can be translated to "Mountain of Light" in Persian
It's worth hundreds of millions
The British stole this from Punjab by making a ten year old child emperor sign it over pic.twitter.com/u3CsU7fv0k
