Cullinan diamond

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The Cullinan diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, discovered in South Africa in 1905 and later cut into several famous stones set in the British Crown Jewels.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cut diamond ⓘ
gem-quality diamond ⓘ
historical object ⓘ
rough diamond ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Star of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan I

Second Star of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan II
clarity exceptional ⓘ
colorGrade colorless ⓘ
cutBy Asscher Brothers ⓘ
cutInCity Amsterdam ⓘ
cutShape cushion-cut brilliant ⓘ
heart-shaped brilliant ⓘ
pear-shaped brilliant ⓘ
cutShape pear-shaped brilliant ⓘ
square-cut brilliant ⓘ
cuttingCompletedInYear 1908 ⓘ
discoveredBy Frederick Wells ⓘ
discoveredInCountry South Africa ⓘ
discoveredInPlace Premier Mine ⓘ
discoveredInProvince Transvaal ⓘ
discoveredInYear 1905 ⓘ
discoveredOnDate 1905-01-26 ⓘ
foundAtDepth 9 meters ⓘ
foundOnContinent Africa ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Cullinan ⓘ
partOf British Crown Jewels ⓘ
British Crown Jewels ⓘ
partOfCollection British Crown Jewels (through its cut stones) ⓘ
presentedBy Transvaal Colony government ⓘ
presentedInYear 1907 ⓘ
presentedTo Edward VII ⓘ
purchasePricePounds 150000 ⓘ
recordHeld largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found ⓘ
setIn Imperial State Crown ⓘ
Queen Mary's Crown (historically) ⓘ
Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross ⓘ
soldInYear 1907 ⓘ
soldTo Transvaal Colony government ⓘ
weightCarats 11.5 ⓘ
18.8 ⓘ
3106.75 ⓘ
317.4 ⓘ
4.4 ⓘ
530.2 ⓘ
6.8 ⓘ
63.6 ⓘ
8.8 ⓘ
94.4 ⓘ
weightGrams 621.35 ⓘ
yieldedFragmentsCount 9 large stones and 96 smaller brilliants ⓘ
yieldedMainStone Cullinan I ⓘ
Cullinan II ⓘ
yieldedSmallerStonesCount 96 brilliants ⓘ
yieldedStone Cullinan III ⓘ
Cullinan IV ⓘ
Cullinan V ⓘ
Cullinan VI ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan III

Cullinan VII ⓘ
yieldedStone Cullinan IX ⓘ
Cullinan VIII ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cullinan II → derivedFrom → Cullinan diamond ⓘ
Cullinan I → derivedFrom → Cullinan diamond ⓘ
Cullinan I → associatedWith → Cullinan diamond fragments ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan diamond
Cullinan mine → notableFind → Cullinan diamond ⓘ
Cullinan mine → notableFind → Cullinan Heritage diamond ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan diamond
Cullinan mine → notableFind → The Cullinan Hope (rough stone source) ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan diamond
Premier Mine → famousDiamondProduced → Cullinan Diamond ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan diamond
Frederick Wells → discovered → Cullinan Diamond ⓘ
linked to: Cullinan diamond
Cullinan, South Africa → namedAfter → Cullinan diamond ⓘ
subject linked to: Cullinan