Vargas diamond

Vargas Diamond
Weight726 carats (145.2 g)
Discovered1938
Cut byAdrian Graselly[1]

The Vargas Diamond, discovered in Brazil on August 13, 1938 (July 1938 according to Ball & Kerr[2]) by Joaquim Venancio Tiago and Manoel Miguel Domingues, was 726.6 carats (145.32 g) when pulled out of the ground. Twenty-nine smaller diamonds were carved from the larger rough Vargas Diamond including the 48.26-carat (9.652 g) emerald cut diamond named "President Vargas", after the former Brazilian president, Getúlio Vargas.[3]

The diamond has been in the possession of Harry Winston, a jeweler from New York.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fabulous Vargas Diamond Severed". St. Petersburg Times. UP. July 24, 1941. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ Sydney H. Ball & Paul F. Kerr (1941) The Vargas Diamond, pp.  7–8. Gemological Institute of America, US, Vol. 3, No. 9 (Spring 1941)
  3. ^ Original web design for Original-diamonds.com tm (1938-08-13). "Famous Diamonds | Vargas". Original-Diamonds. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  4. ^ "N. Y. Diamond Merchant Has Passion For Gems". St Petersburg Times. AP. November 10, 1958. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

Further reading

  • Esmaraldo Reis (1940) Three Large Brazilian Diamonds, pp.  2–3 Gemological Institute of America, US, Vol. 3, No. 6 (Summer 1940)
  • Shipley, Robert M. (1944) Gemological Digest: Additional Notes on the President Vargas Diamond, pp.  168–169 (PDF page 12–13) Gemological Institute of America, US, Vol. 4, No. 11 (Fall 1944)


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