History of the Hope Diamond from Gary Roskin's Presentation, Part 1

On Jan. 21, 2010, ten gem experts examined and photographed the Hope and Wittelsbach-Graff diamonds. One of those experts was Gary Roskin, gemologist, educator and author. On February 4, 2011, he gave attendees of the AGTA GemFair Tucson an up-close look at what it was to be in the Smithsonian "Blue Room," the outer room to the gems and minerals vault, as the experts attempted to find out whether these two storied blue diamonds came from the same source. In this excerpt from the presentation, Roskin discusses the history of the Hope Diamond.

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• Hope Diamond
• Wittelsbach-Graff diamond
• Gary Roskin
• AGTA GemFair Tucson
• blue diamonds