20 Facts About Hope Diamond

Hope Diamond has had several owners, including Washington socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean, who was often seen wearing it.

Hope Diamond, known as, Le bleu de France, and the Tavernier Blue, is a large, 45.

Hope Diamond has changed hands numerous times on its way from Hyderabad, India, to France, Great Britain, and the United States, where it is on public display.

The Hope Diamond was originally embedded in kimberlite and was later extracted and refined to form the current gem.

The Hope Diamond contains trace amounts of boron atoms intermixed with the carbon structure, which results in the rare blue color of the diamond.

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Likely scenario is that the French Blue, sometimes known as the Blue Hope Diamond, was "swiftly smuggled to London" after being seized in 1792 in Paris.

Previously, the dimensions of the French Blue had been known only from two drawings made in 1749 and 1789; although the model differs slightly from the drawings in some details, these details are identical to features of the Hope Diamond, allowing CAD technology to digitally reconstruct the French Blue around the recut stone.

Henry Philip Hope Diamond died in 1839, the same year as the publication of his collection catalog.

When Hope Diamond died on December 4,1862, his wife Anne Adele inherited the gem, but she feared that the profligate lifestyle of her son-in-law might cause him to sell the Hope Diamond properties.

The diamond appeared on the television quiz show The Name's the Same, in an episode which first aired on August 16,1955, when a teenaged contestant with the actual name Hope Diamond was one of the mystery guests, as well as at the August 1958 Canadian National Exhibition.

The Hope Diamond was placed into the pouch, which was pinned inside Switzer's pants pocket for the flight.

The Hope Diamond is the most popular jewel on display and the collection's centerpiece.

In 2005, the Smithsonian published a year-long computer-aided geometry research which officially acknowledged that the Hope Diamond is, in fact, cut from the stolen French Blue crown jewel.

On November 18,2010, the Hope Diamond was unveiled and displayed at the Smithsonian in a temporary newly designed necklace called "Embracing Hope", created by the Harry Winston firm.

Hope Diamond is resting on a new dark blue neck form, which the Harry Winston firm commissioned from display organization, Pac Team Group.

Previously, the Hope Diamond had been displayed as a loose gem since late summer of 2009 when it was removed from its former Cartier-designed setting.

Hope Diamond has been surrounded by a mythology of a reputed "curse" to the effect that it brings misfortune and tragedy to anyone who owns it or wears it, but there are strong indications that such fabrications enhance the stone's mystery and appeal, since increased publicity usually raised the gem's value and newsworthiness.

An article entitled "Hope Diamond Has Brought Trouble To All Who Have Owned It" appeared in The Washington Post in 1908.

Malevolent influence that has for centuries dogged with discord and disaster the owners of the famous Hope diamond has started again and without waste of time, despite special precautions against ill-luck taken at the time of its last sale, according to John S Wise, Jr.

Regardless of whether Mr Hope Diamond had lost possession or kept it during these years, by 1824 it was again in his possession.