ID: 700090261 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700090261	Record Type: Movable Work
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Hope Diamond (gem (worked stone); original primary owners were Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and Kin...; formed 1.1 billion YA; excavat...; National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC, United S...; Catalog Number: NMNH G3551)

Note: A rare deep-blue diamond weighing 45.52 carats. It is currently housed at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

Titles:

Hope Diamond (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Le bleu de France (C,U,French,U,U)

French Blue (C,U,English,U,U)

Tavernier Blue (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

gem (worked stone) [300011172] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, costume components, <jewelry and accessory components>)

Classifications:

minerals / rocks (preferred)

Creation Date: formed 1.1 billion YA; excavated 1660s; recent re-cut dates to 1812

Creator Display:

original primary owners were Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and King Louis XIV of France; latest gem cut, by tradition, was made by Wilhelm Fals [preferred,VP]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

lapidary Term Not Found Qualifier: attributed to [500784206]

Locations:

Current: National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC, United States) [500311469] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Catalog Number: NMNH G3551

Other: Original: Kollur [8722260] BWR: temporary Unidentified named places (valley), Unidentified Places (miscellaneous) (Geographic)

Display Materials: diamond; shape: antique cushion

	diamond (mineral) [300011084]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	cushion cut [300451545]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, <form attributes for gems>, gemstone cuts)

Dimensions: recut to current 45.52 carats (9.104 g; 0.3211 oz); 115-carat blue stone was cut to 67 carats by Louis XIV of France

General Subject:

natural objects (preferred,isness)

Provenance: 1668-1669: purchased by Louis XIV of France from Jean-Baptiste Tavernier 1901-1907: sold by Lord Francis Hope, passed through hands of several dealers in NYC 1958: donated by Harry Winston to the Smithsonian Institution

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Hope Diamond	........ [VP,NMNH]
	........ Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-) https://naturalhistory.si.edu/explore/collections/hope-diamond
	........ Personal Communication E. Fry, IU Slide Library, 1989
	........ Ogden, Out of the Blue: The Hope Diamond in London (2018)
Le bleu de France	........ [VP]
	........ Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-)
French Blue	........ [VP]
	........ Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-)
Tavernier Blue	........ [VP]
	........ Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-)

Subject: ....... [VP,NMNH]

....................... Ogden, Out of the Blue: The Hope Diamond in London (2018)

....................... Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-)

....................... Post and Farges, Hope Diamond: Rare Gem, Historic Jewel (2014) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00357529.2014.842831

....................... Personal Communication How can we use CONA and CDWA to catalog items in NMNH collection

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History [online] (2016-)