Great Mogul Diamond

Great Mogul
A replica of the Great Moghul Diamond
Weight280 carats (56 g)
Country of originIndia India
Mine of originKollur Mine
Drawing of the Great Moghul Diamond, by Tavernier in 1666
Sketch of the Orlov diamond from the book Precious Stones by Max Bauer, 1904

The Great Mogul was a large diamond that is believed to have been discovered around 1650, most probably around the Kollur Mine in the Golconda region of southern India. Tavernier described the diamond thus: "The stone is of the same form as if one cut an egg through the middle".[1]

  1. ^ Spring 1941, Important Diamonds of the World - The Great Mogul; Star of South Africa (or Dudley), Robert M Shipley, p. 143, 2pp.