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This natural blue diamond was found by the famous gem dealer Tavernier on one of his voyages to India, tearing the stone from the statue of the god, Rama Sita. After selling the stone to Louis XIV, it is said that Tavernier was ruined, and had to sail again to India, meeting an atrocious death of being devoured by tigers.
After being stolen during the French Revolution, it turned up in London in 1830 and was bought by the Hope family. The stone acquired its gruesome reputation for bad luck and the entire Hope family died in poverty. It is now in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington and weighs 45.52 carats.
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