The story of the first and second cullinan diamonds

The first and second cullinan diamonds, basically were One diamond is the largest in human history, and with the spread of images of royal jewelry, whose brilliance caught all eyes at the coronation ceremony of King Charles,

Let us learn together about the story of the most famous publishers in the history of the modern world. The first is called Cullinan I, set with the Royal Scepter, while the second is called Cullinan II, set with the Imperial State Crown. It is interesting to know that these two diamonds were essentially diamonds. One is the largest in human history until today, and its name, of course, is Cullinan, before it was divided into parts, including the aforementioned diamonds.

So what is the story of the Cullinan diamond? how much does it weigh How did it reach the British royal family?

Cullinan Diamond.. the largest diamond in human history

First of all, let us introduce you to Mr. Thomas Cullinan, Chairman of Premier Diamond Mining, established in 1902.

Which later became known as the Cullinan Mine, Thomas Cullinan is a Briton who lived his life in South Africa, and discovered the mine that hid the largest diamond in history in Pretoria; The administrative capital of South Africa.

On January 25, 1905, one of the managers of the mine, Frederick Wells, was walking around the top of the mine, and saw a crystal sparkle sparkling with the sun's rays in a hole up to 18 feet deep in the ground. Wells carried the stone and removed the dirt from its surface using his knife, and found A very large diamond, he carried it to the offices of the mine, and here was the surprise

This stone was not just a crystal, but rather a diamond stone weighing 3.106 carats, or about 600 grams, and it is the largest diamond stone discovered to this day. Newspapers and reports called it at the time the “Cullinan Diamond,” a metaphor for the name of the owner of the mine, Thomas. Cullinan.

What is the fate of this rare gemstone? A question that took nearly two years to answer, until it was finally decided to donate it by the Transvaal Republic, the “Southern African Republic,” which it bought for 150 pounds sterling at the time, to King Edward VII in 1907 as a gesture of reconciliation after the Second Boer War, which lasted from 1899 to 1902.

The Cullinan diamond was cut into 9 large and about 100 small pieces. Among the large and famous pieces are the Big and Little Star of Africa and Cullinan I and II.

The first and second cullinan diamonds

We see the Imperial State Crown set with several unique stones, including the second Cullinan diamond, weighing 317 carats,

It is the second largest cut diamond in the world, while the Scepter of Sovereignty was studded with the first Cullinan diamond, with the first Cullinan weight,

weighing 530.2 carats. It is said that two Cullinan-set diamonds will be added to Queen Mary's tiara

Which Queen Camilla will wear today, in honor of the late Queen Elizabeth

Royal jewels at the coronation of King Charles