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The Hope Diamond prior to being put in its new setting at the National Gem Collection. The Hope Diamond in the "Embracing Hope" setting. Smithsonian mineralogist George Switzer is credited with persuading jeweler Harry Winston to donate the Hope Diamond for a proposed national gem collection to be housed at the National Museum of Natural ...
Evalyn McLean (née Walsh; August 1, 1886 – April 26, 1947) was an American mining heiress and socialite, famous for reputedly being an owner of the 45-carat (9.0 g) Hope Diamond (which was bought in 1911 for US$180,000 from Pierre Cartier), as well as another famous diamond, the 94-carat (18.8 g) Star of the East.
He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after owning it for a decade. [2] He also traded the Portuguese Diamond to the Smithsonian in 1963 in exchange for 3,800 carats of small diamonds. [3] Winston founded the Harry Winston Inc. in New York City in 1932. [4] [5] He had been called by many the "King of Diamonds". [6 ...
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The poll comes off the back of a shock new survey which found Harris is ahead in Iowa — a state Trump easily won in both 2016 and 2020 New poll spells hope for Harris as she leads Trump in four ...
The content in the Tavernier Blue article can easily be explained in the context of the Hope Diamond, and the Hope Diamond article is of a reasonable size that the merging of Tavernier Blue will not cause any problems as far as article size is concerned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.237.104.102 (talk • contribs) 23 August 2021 ...
Political parties in Mali have requested a time frame for presidential elections after the ruling junta failed to organise polls within a promised 24-month transition back to democracy. Mali has ...