The Hope diamond is as famous for its exceptional size and color as it is for its scandalous 350-year history, which reads like a thriller. The 45.52-carat saturated blue diamond (about the size of a ...

This video is no longer available. Some new bling is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, in D.C., as the museum unveiled an exhibit called Great American Diamonds on ...

1. The Diamond -- 2. The Ancient World -- 3. Early Persia and the East -- 4. Medieval Europe -- 5. The Dawn of Diamond Cutting in Europe -- 6. The Fifteenth-Century Technical Revolution -- 7.

At about a billion years old, the newest items on display at the Natural History Museum are among the oldest, rarest and, thanks to their striking colors, possibly the prettiest objects inside the ...

Tiny flaws in diamonds hold the secret to the formation of the first continents. In a new study, researchers used inclusions — imperfections derided by jewelers but valuable to scientists — to trace ...

MURFREESBORO, Ark. — Diamonds are forever and rare, but within a two-hour drive out of Little Rock sits the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro. Their diamonds are the main attraction, as ...

The $40 million Princie Diamond isn’t the only big-ticket sparkler that has provoked legal battles and family upheaval. Over the centuries, important diamonds have been known to contribute to ...