Excelsior Diamond
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The Excelsior Diamond was found on June 30, 1893 at the Jagersfontein mine by a worker while loading a truck. Until 1905, when the larger Cullinan diamond was found, the Excelsior was the largest known diamond in the world. It had a blue-white tint and weighed 971 carats (194.2 g). It was ultimately cut into ten stones weighing from 13 to 68 carats (2.6 to 13.6 g).
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Excelsior diamond discussion in "Great Diamonds of the Earth" by Edwin Streeter
