WASHINGTON — Never-before-seen replicas of two ancestors of the Hope Diamond were unveiled to reporters Friday at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The gleaming replicas, which are ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France. A French ...

From the legendary Hope Diamond to a rainbow of colorful gemstones, a multigenerational bond between the Winston family and the Smithsonian transformed the museum’s world-renowned gem collection Emma ...

Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France. A French ...

We caught up with Dr. Jeffrey Post to hear the story of this infamous blue diamond, see what makes the National Gem and Mineral Collection so special and learn about the countless things minerology ...

Where it was found: It was long believed that the diamond was extracted from the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India. However, new evidence has revealed that it, along with other Golconda diamonds, may have ...

Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France. A French ...

The Hope Diamond is sparkling more than ever before. The deep-blue-colored jewel shed its old setting Wednesday and was put on display -- naked -- for the first time ever at the Smithsonian National ...

Shine a white light on the Hope Diamond and it will dazzle you with the brilliance of an amazing blue diamond. Shine an ultraviolet light on the Hope Diamond and the gem will glow red-orange for about ...

Here are some helpful extras before you press play about the Smithsonian Channel, European Works Paramount, EuropeanWorksParamount documentary flick. Mystery of the Hope Diamond starring Kim Basinger, ...

A team of scientists from the Smithsonian and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris has reconstructed the original Tavernier and French Blue diamonds, the stones from which the Hope ...

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