The Astonishing Discovery of the World's Largest Diamond: Cullinan's Extraordinary Journey!

In 1905 a man named Frederick Wells was inspecting the walls of a South African diamond mine When he noticed something bright and shiny at first he thought it was a shard of glass But as he got closer he realized it was an enormous diamond This was the discovery of the Cullinan diamond the largest gem-quality diamond ever found weighing 3,106 carats After the diamond was extracted it was sent to London where it was presented to King Edward VII on his birthday The diamond was then sent to Amsterdam to be cut and polished by a famous diamond cutter named Joseph Asher Asher and his team took 8 months to study the diamond and come up with a plan to cut it The result was a 530 carat diamond which is now known as the Great Star of Africa and a 317 carat diamond which is known as the Lesser Star of Africa The Cullinan diamond and its two halves were eventually cut into several smaller stones now worth over a billion dollars Make sure to follow us for more incredible stories just like this one.
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