| Loose diamonds have been around for many
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| | 108.93 carats.
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| centuries, and have intrigued people of
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| | The largest ever of any of the loose
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| every country and continent. Some of the
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| | diamonds was called the Cullinan. It
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| most famous have been the catalyst behind
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| | weighed almost two pounds when first
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| theft, and even murder.
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| | discovered, and in the rough was 3,106
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| One of the first, and most famous loose
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| | carats. From the Cullinan nine major
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| diamonds, was the Koh-I-Noor, which means
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| | loose diamonds were created, and 96 other
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| Mountain of Light. Historians found
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| | smaller loose diamonds used as gemstones.
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| mention of it as far back as 1304. This
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| | One of the most famous of these resulting
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| loose diamond weighed a heavy 186 carats
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| | diamonds, and the largest, was The Star
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| and its cut was oval. A part of the
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| | of Africa, another current member of the
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| British monarch, the Koh-I-Noor was
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| | jewels of the British Crown. The Star of
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| thought to have once been a decorative
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| | Africa has 74 facets, weighs more than
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| part of Shah Jehan's peacock throne. The
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| | 530 carats and is currently the world's
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| loose diamond served as an eye of the
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| | largest cut diamond.
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| peacock. It was recut during Queen
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| | The Excelsior is the second largest of
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| Victoria's reign and still resides in the
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| | the loose diamonds ever found, with a
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| UK, along with other valuables of the
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| | rough weight of slightly more than 995
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| British Crown. Its current weight is
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| | carats.
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