This video introduces two of the world’s most famous diamonds: The Koh-i-Noor - the most famous diamond of the ancient world - was discovered in India about 5,000 years ago in the area of the Golkonda mines. Also found in the same region was the Regent Diamond, a 140 carat diamond that has been on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris since 1887
The Premier diamond mine in South Africa has yielded more than 300 diamonds weighing 100 carats or more, and about one-quarter of all the diamonds weighing 400 carats or more. In the Diamond Museum in Ramat Gan, Israel, there are exact replicas of 3 famous diamonds from Premier: the Cullinan Diamond, the Centenary Diamond, and the Taylor-Burton Diamond
