One of the very famous diamonds is the Wittlesbac diamond. It has come from the Austrian and Bavarian Crown Jewels. Many people think that its roots are from Spain when King Philip IV of spain bought it and give it to his daughter as a present for her marriage.No that is not true.
WITTELSBACH DIAMOND
Deep Blue Colored Wittelsbach Diamond
An extensive study on Wittlesbach diamond points it’s origin to India.And what makes people think it originated from India?? – The cut, the shape etc were from very common among the Indian kings of those days.
Wittelsbach diamond in the center of Necklace
Wittlesbach diamond more commonly known as te Der Blaue Wittlesbacher is adeep blue color diamond and is 35.56 carats.
The diamond measures 24.40 mm in diameter and 8.29 mm in depth. It has 82 facets arranged in an atypical pattern. The star facets on the crown are vertically split and the pavilion has sixteen needle-like facets, arranged in pairs, pointing outward from the culet facet. Wikipedia
The funny part of Wittelsbach diamond was that it was lost in Munic in 1931 – actually replaced with a duplicate and the original one was sold into the black market like those cool diamond theme based movies. But to it’s luck it was found back again in the 60′s . It was sold for a record 23.4 million USD in 2008.
In todays generation people remember it from the famous pic where a women holds a blue colored diamond with her fingers and watches it closely.
Women holding the Famous Blue Colored Wittelsbach Diamond
