as diamonds of the first water, making them among history's most-celebrated diamonds. The phrase "Golconda diamond" became synonymous with diamonds of...
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the Golconda Sultanate. Because of the vicinity of diamond mines, especially Kollur Mine, Golconda flourished as a trade centre of large diamonds known...
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1630s. The Golconda Sultanate was known for its diamonds which were dubbed the Golconda diamonds. These diamonds were sought after diamonds long before...
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Jacques de Paiva (section Golconda diamonds)
buy several mines to source Golconda diamonds. Through his efforts, Jews were permitted to live and trade Golconda diamonds and corals within Fort St....
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The period of peak production of the Golconda diamonds (in the present-day states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India) was under the Qutb Shahi dynasty...
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Kollur Mine (redirect from Kollur Diamond Mine)
Pradesh, India. It is thought to have produced many large diamonds, known as Golconda diamonds, several of which are or have been a part of crown jewels...
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Tobago Golconda (Magritte), a 1953 painting by René Magritte Golconda diamonds, mined near former Golconda Sultanate, India List of ships named Golconda Golconda...
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Daria-i-Noor (redirect from Darya-ye Noor Diamond)
cut diamonds in the world, weighing an estimated 182 carats (36 g). Its colour, pale pink, is one of the rarest to be found in diamonds. The diamond is...
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Sceptre of Russian Empress Catherine the Great. The diamond was found in the 17th century in Golconda, India. According to one legend, a French soldier...
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Sancy (redirect from Sancy diamond)
together with the likes of the Regent Diamond and the Hortensia Diamond. List of diamonds Balfour, Ian (2009). Famous Diamonds (5th ed.). Antique Collectors'...
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