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Diamond Louis Stone (born February 10, 1997) [1] is an American professional basketball player for the Zavkhan Brothers of the The League. He played one season of college basketball for Maryland before being drafted 40th overall in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans .
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Detailed view of the recreated great Golden Fleece of king Louis XV of France. Below the 107 carats (21.4 g) spinel Côte de Bretagne hangs the French Blue diamond and the fleece itself, set with hundreds of yellow diamond replicas. The Tavernier Blue was the precursor diamond to the Blue Diamond of the French Crown (aka the French Blue).
The final rosters for the 4 Nations Face-Off are in, and the international tournament is full of All-Stars, award winners and role players.. The nature of the tournament and the depth of talent ...
Adventurer and gem expert Jean Baptiste Tavernier promises a diamond to cap King Louis XIV's crown for the coronation, but the reckless haste of the king's emissary, Baron Paul de Cabannes, causes the jewel to be cut badly and ruined. Jean volunteers to travel to India to bring back another worthy stone.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier in oriental costume, 1679. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) [1] [2] was a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler. [3] Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense, covered, by his own account, 60,000 leagues in making six voyages to Persia and India between the years 1630 and 1668.
In 1678, Louis XIV commissioned the court jeweler Jean Pitau to recut the Tavernier Blue, resulting in a 67.125-carat (13.4250 g; 0.47355 oz) stone [14] which royal inventories thereafter listed as the Blue Diamond of the Crown of France (French: diamant bleu de la Couronne de France [35]). Later English-speaking historians have simply called ...
The "Sethunya" stone is estimated to be between 1 and 2 billion years old. Louis Vuitton Just Acquired a Massive 549-Carat Rough Diamond From Botswana Skip to main content