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The Orlov diamond is a large diamond that is part of the collection of the Diamond Fund of the Moscow Kremlin.

 

 

 

 

 

The Orlov is a rarity among historic diamonds, for it retains its original Indian rose-style cut (see diamond cut). Its colour is widely stated as white with a faint bluish-green tinge. Data released by the Kremlin give the Orlov's measurements as 32 millimetres x 35 millimetres x 21 millimetres, its weight being 189.62 carats (37.924 g). The weight is just an estimate – it has not formally been weighed in many years. Lord Twining's book "A History of the Crown Jewels of Europe" mentions how once during a circa-1913 inspection of the crown jewels by the then-curator, the stone accidentally fell out of its sceptre. He weighed the stone but did not write down its exact weight. He later said that it was about 190 carats (38 g), which corresponds to the measurement-based estimate.

The Orlov (sometimes spelled Orloff) is a large diamond that is part of the collection of the Diamond Fund of the Moscow Kremlin. Its origin – described as having the shape and proportions of half a chicken's egg – can be traced back to the 18th century Sri Ranganathaswamy Hindu temple, in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India where it once served as the eye of the presiding deity. It is believed that this diamond was originally discovered at the Kollur Mines in Andhra Pradesh, India.

This diamond should not be confused with the "Black Orlov diamond", called the Eye of Brahma, which according to legend was stolen from a temple near Pondicherry, in Puducherry.

The particulars of the Orlov's story have been lost with time, but it is widely reported that the diamond once served as an eye of the statue of the presiding deity of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple of Srirangam in southern India. The man held responsible for its removal was a French deserter, a grenadier from the Carnatic wars who apparently converted to the Hindu faith and worshipped at the temple for many years. Whether the deserter did this sincerely or solely to gain access to the statue is not known. The temple, situated on an island in the Cauvery River, was surrounded by seven enclosures; no Christians were ever permitted farther than the fourth. Once having pilfered the stone around 1750, perhaps after years of patient planning, the deserter fled to Madras (now Chennai) where he would find protection with the British Army, as well as a buyer.

The as yet unnamed stone passed from merchant to merchant, eventually appearing for sale in Amsterdam. Shaffrass, an Iranian millionaire who then owned the diamond, found an eager buyer in Count Grigory Grigorievich Orlov.The Count paid a purported 400,000 Dutch florins

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Guntur kollur mines vi evvani...aa nizam gadu motham cash chesukunnadu aa mines lovi ammi...appatlo few diamond mining locations lo edhi okati...

Some of the most famous diamonds mined in the Kollur mines are:

• Koh-i Nūr (186ct) - in the British Crown Jewels, London
• The Great Mogul Diamond (787ct) - Lost after Nādir Shāh sacked Delhi
• The Pitt or Regent Diamond (410ct) - in the Apollo Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris
• The Orloff Diamond (300 ct) - in the Diamond Treasury, Kremlin, Moscow
• Nizām Diamond (340ct) - in the Nizām's Treasury, Hyderabad
• Daryā-ye Nūr (182 ct) - in the Iranian Crown Jewels, on display:Central Bank of Iran,Tehran
• The Hope Diamond (67ct) - in the American Museum of Natural History, theSmithsonian Institution, Washington
• The Golconda (135ct) - belonging to Dunklings Jewellers, Melbourne, Australia.
• The Kolluru Diamond (63ct) - Purchased by Tavernier and present location unknown.
• Dresden Green Diamond (41 ct) - "The New Green Vault" in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

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Guntur kollur mines vi evvani...aa nizam gadu motham cash chesukunnadu aa mines lovi ammi...appatlo few diamond mining locations lo edhi okati...

Some of the most famous diamonds mined in the Kollur mines are:

• Koh-i Nūr (186ct) - in the British Crown Jewels, London
• The Great Mogul Diamond (787ct) - Lost after Nādir Shāh sacked Delhi
• The Pitt or Regent Diamond (410ct) - in the Apollo Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris
• The Orloff Diamond (300 ct) - in the Diamond Treasury, Kremlin, Moscow
• Nizām Diamond (340ct) - in the Nizām's Treasury, Hyderabad
• Daryā-ye Nūr (182 ct) - in the Iranian Crown Jewels, on display:Central Bank of Iran,Tehran
• The Hope Diamond (67ct) - in the American Museum of Natural History, theSmithsonian Institution, Washington
• The Golconda (135ct) - belonging to Dunklings Jewellers, Melbourne, Australia.
• The Kolluru Diamond (63ct) - Purchased by Tavernier and present location unknown.
• Dresden Green Diamond (41 ct) - "The New Green Vault" in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

 

 

 

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