Sunday, March 8, 2009

The Hope Diamond

The Hope Diamond, originally called the Tavernier Blue, was cut from a big diamond found in the middle 1600s by famous diamond-hunter Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (Tomas). The Hope Diamond is supposedly cursed. Whoever has it is apparently going to suffer a tragedy in life. In fact, there was a list of five victims, the tragedy, and when it occurred, and three of the five were killed. The curse is determined real. The diamond Tavernier found was 115.16 karats. It was cut for the French King Louis XIV. The diamond given to King Louis was 67 karats. The Hope Diamond is 45.52 karats. If you do the math, there are 2.64 karats remaining. There is no record of a third diamond from the one that Tavernier found. These facts beg the question: What happened to the rest of the karats?

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