My next visit was back to visit the Natural Science Museum. After several attempts. I finally got a clear image of the one of a kind "Hope Diamond"
The Hope Diamond (previously "Le bleu de France") is a large, 45.52 carats (9.10 g), deep-blue diamond, housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. The Hope Diamond is blue to the naked eye because of trace amounts of boron within its crystal structure, but it exhibits red phosphorescence after exposure to ultraviolet light. It is classified as a Type IIb diamond, and is famous for supposedly being cursed. It received its newest setting on November 18th, 2010. The Hope Diamond is valued at $200 to $250 million.
The setting the "Hope Diamond" is currently in. Is made out of Platinum. That is not silver!
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