BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Geology, Gems, and Minerals

DC -- Natl Museum of Natural History -- Exhibit: Geology, Gems, and Minerals:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SINHGE_101005_12.JPG: The Cullinan Blue Diamond Necklace / Brooch This silver and gold Edwardian-style necklace/brooch is highlighted by nine blue diamonds, weighing a total of 5.57 carats, including the 2.60-carat Cullinan Blue diamond, it was presented in 1905 by then-chairman of the Premier diamond mine, Sir Thomas Cullinan, to his wife, Anne, to commemorate the gift of the largest diamond ever found -- the 3.106-carat Cullinan diamond -- to King Edward VII of England.
2. SINHGE_101005_39.JPG: Hope Diamond: 45.52 carats India You are looking at one of the world's most famous gems -- renowned for its flawless clarity, rare deep blue color, and eventful history. It is surrounded by 16 white diamonds and suspended from a platinum chain bearing 46 more diamonds.
3. SINHGE_101005_52.JPG: This is the setting the Hope Diamond has resided in since it was purchased by Evalyn Walsh McLean from Pierre Cartier in 1910.
4. SINHGE_101005_93.JPG: Harry Winston Connoisseur of Diamonds (1896-1978) World-renowned jeweler Harry Winston's desire to educate the public about precious gems led him to donate one of the world's most recognized gemstones -- the Hope Diamond -- to the Smithsonian Institution. This fabulous gift, made in 1958, became the cornerstone of the National Gem Collection. Known as the King of Diamonds, Winston was acclaimed for his skillful cutting of many of the world's large and famous stones. In addition to the Hope Diamond, he donated other treasures to the National Gem Collection, including the 858-carat Gachala Emerald and a 253.7-carat rough diamond. "Talk to me Harry Winston, tell me all about it." -- Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
5. SINHGE_101228_17.JPG: Embracing Hope: The modern setting, designed and fabricated by Harry Winston Inc., suspends the 45.52-carat Hope Diamond vertically in a three-dimensional ribbon of more than 340 baguette diamonds set in platinum. The new setting will be on display for a limited time, after which the Hope will be returned to its historic setting.
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Description of Subject Matter: Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
September 20, 1997 – Permanent
This hall features 2,500 minerals and gems, including the Hope Diamond, Hooker Emerald Brooch, and Star of Asia sapphire. It also explores the birth and evolution of the solar system and the earth's changing surface and is divided into the following sections:
The Harry Winston Gallery houses the Hope Diamond, in a specially designed case.
The National Gem Collection features:
* the Dom Pedro aquamarine, the world's largest faceted aquamarine, cut into an obelisk standing 13.75 inches tall and weighing 10,363 carats (4.6 pounds)
* the Cindy Chao Black Label Masterpiece Royal Butterfly Brooch (2009), composed of 2,328 gems, including sapphires, diamonds, rubies, and tsavorite (green) garnets, for a total weight of 77 carats; many of the gems fluoresce under ultraviolet light (to be added March 6, 2013)
* the Marie Antoinette diamond earrings
* a 263-carat diamond necklace and a diadem (tiara) given by Napoleon to Empress Marie-Louise
* the Janet Annenberg Hooker fancy yellow diamonds
* 2 topaz crystals from Brazil, weighing 111 and 70 pounds respectively, and a 23,000-carat cut-and-polished topaz
* a 423-carat sapphire set in diamonds
* the DeYoung red and pink diamonds
* the 127-carat Portuguese diamond, the largest cut diamond in the collection
* the Rosser Reeves ruby
* the Carmen Lucia Ruby, weighing 23.1-carats, is one of the largest faceted Burmese rubies known to exist. The stone is set in platinum and flanked by 2 triangular colorless diamonds measuring 1.1 and 1.27 carats.

The Minerals and Gems Gallery features some 2,000 specimens grouped by shape, color, growth, and other characteristics.
The Mine Gallery features a re-creation of 4 mines showing crystal pockets and ore veins in created dioramas.
The Plate Tectonics Gallery illustrates how earthquakes, mountain chains, and volcanoes result from the constantly shifting plates of the Earth's surface and features the "Plate Tectonics Theater" and interactive computer stations.
The Moon, Meteorites, and Solar System Gallery explores the birth and evolution of our solar system through films, computer interactives, and specimens and features moon rocks, a touchable Mars rock, meteorites, and stardust.
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