Diamond Collection (page 13)

Reptilia (class), snake
Watercolour 57 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

The Six Voyages of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
English Translation, London. 1677-78. Jean-Baptiste Tvernier was a French writer, traveller and trade merchant. He amassed a small fortune through his expertise and trade in diamonds

Diamond field, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Included diamond gemstone
A two-carat rectangular step-cut diamond with a large violet-red garnet inclusion visible in the table facet

Interstellar diamonds
This specimen is known as the Allende meteorite. When viewed under a transmission electron microscope it shows formations of tiny interstellar diamonds

Diamonds are forever
I m happy

Diamond crystals
Clockwise from top left (yellow matrix): in beach conglomerate from Namaqualand, in kimberlite from South Africa and in matrix from Siberia (bottom)

Diamonds fluorescing
Murchison snuff box set with diamonds fluorescing under ultra violet radiation. Gold snuff box set with diamonds ranging from 0.75 to 2.5 carats, presented to Sir R. I. Murchison by Tsar Alexander II

Diamond and simulants
Five gemstones showing dispersion and light spill. Left to right: strontium titanate, cubic zirconia, diamond, YAG, and synthetic white sapphire

Birthstone Series: Brilliant Cut Diamond
Diamond, a gemstone from the Natural History Museum collections, in London. Diamond is the birthstone for the month of April (along with quartz, rock crystal). Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Plate 99, from Mineralogie
Various gemstone varieties including diamond, ruby, sapphire, spinel and Topaz. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.3 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Kor-i-noor replica
An exact copy of the original Kor-i-noor diamond created from cubic zirconia by John Nels Hatleberg (Cat 157). Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Diamond fields, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Diamond with garnet
Red garnet crystal in an octagonal, step-cut diamond. Diamond comprises of compacted carbon and is the hardest natural substance known on Earth

Diamond
A form of carbon. The brilliant, hard diamond, is formed under conditions of vast pressure and heat deep wihtin the earth

Some crystal forms of carbon
Seen here are rough diamonds or boarts surrounding a diamond crystal which have been photographed on a base of graphite. Diamond is the hardest known mineral on Earth

Preparations for Diamond Jubilee
Preparations for the Diamond Jubilee service at St Pauls Cathedral. Viewing platforms are erected for the public to view the arrival of Queen Victoria

Diamond Jubilee lights advertisement
An advertisement for Diamond Jubilee illuminations produced by Clarkes Pyramid and Fairy Light Company Ltd, based in Cricklewood, North West London

Diamond Jubilee Bouquet perfume advertisement
An advertisement in the Illustrated London News for the latest novelty, Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee Bouquet, described as the most exquisite, most delicious and lasting perfume

Pub bar and landlord, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Mr Bert Lindsell, the landlord of The Victory Pub in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, standing proudly behind his well-stocked bar. circa 1966

Royal wedding: Princess Victoria Melita & Prince Ernst Ludwig
The wedding cake and gifts presented to Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Prince Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse on occasion of their marriage on the 19th April 1894 in Coburg, Germany

Royal Wedding Presents at St Jamess Palace - jewels
Worth a Kings ransom, some of the jewels presented to Princess Marina of Greece on her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934

Royal Wedding 1963 - the royal bride
Princess Alexandra of Kent appearing at the doorway of Westminster Abbey with her husband Angus Ogilvy following their marriage there on 24 April 1963

Programme cover for Diamond Lil, the Royale Theatre, New Yor
Programme cover for Mae Wests Diamond Lil, the Royale Theatre, New York, 1928 Date: 1928

The wedding gifts to the Princess Royal
Emerald and diamond bracelet, and opal and diamond suite, presented to the Victoria(Vicky)(1840-1901)Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria

Nest-Making Fish - 4
(trichogaster leerii) Diamond Gurami Date: 1954

DIAMOND FLOWERS
Diamond flower arrangement, made up of chrysanthamums, with wild barley and beech leaves. Date: 1950s

Advert for Mappin & Webb watches and brooches 1937
Mappin & Webb quality watches and brooches for women, tried at all times to provide beauty, value and sound workmanship in return for a thoroughly fair and just expenditure. Date: 1937

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 outside St Paul s
The Diamond Jubilee service of thanksgiving outside St Pauls Cathedral, 22nd June 1897. 22nd June 1897

Advert for Hunt & Roskell jewellery
Advertisement for Hunt & Roskell jewellery. Aquamarine and diamond double-clip, ring, bracelet and necklace. Date: 1937

Advert for Mappin & Webb bracelets and clip brooches 1937
Mappin & Webb quality diamond and pearl bracelets and clip brooches. Date: 1937

Elephants and sandwich boards - Jack Legs Diamond
Elephants carrying sandwich boards to advertise the exhibition of the $20, 000 Killer Car ( Direct from New York ) of American Gangster and Bootlegger Jack Legs Diamond (1897-1931)

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 - rehearsal
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 - the rehearsal for the service at St Pauls Cathedral. Date: 1897

Two ladies in dresses by Doucet and Beer
Two fashionable ladies in the latest sleeveless dresses. On the left, a pink crepe dress with crystal edging and three layers of frills at the hem, by Doucet

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 - Royal procession rout
Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee celebration: view of the circular route of the royal procession on 22nd June. The route departs from Buckingham Palace, to St Pauls Cathedral via Hyde Park corner

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 - St Pauls Cathedral
The Diamond Jubilee service outside St Pauls Cathedral, 22nd June 1897. Date: 22nd June 1897

Three autumn outfits by Beer, Redfern and Jean Patou
Three elegant young ladies in the latest autumn outfits. On the left, a blue and black coat with black fur trimming, by Beer

Young lady in green theatre dress by Beer
Young lady wearing green theatre dress with fur-trimmed border and a diamond patterned belt, by Beer. 1924

The Five Pagoda Temple, Beijing, China
The Five Pagoda Temple, formally known as the " Temple of the Great Righteous Awakening" or " Zhenjue Temple" - a Buddhist temple from the era of the Ming Dynasty located in

Spithead Review - Diamond Jubilee
The spectacle of thirty miles of British war ships assembled at Spithead for a Naval Review on the Solent in honour of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1897

X-ray of elephant to locate a diamond ring
In an effort to locate a diamond ring worth $450, three expert X-ray operators and four trained elephant attendants worked a whole day photographing by X-ray process the whole interior of

Prince of Wales at Costume Ball
The Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) as the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers of Malta. He wore this costume to the Historical Costume Ball at Devonshire House

Malta / Valletta Feast
Governors Palace, Valletta: feast for children on the occasion of Victorias Diamond Jubilee Date: 1897

Diamond Hunting / Borneo
Natives hunting for diamonds in a river, Borneo. They sieve through the silt in the hope that they will find diamonds. Date: 1883

Malta / Valletta Governor
Governors Palace, Valletta: the Governor leaving the building on the occasion of Victorias Diamond Jubilee Date: 1897

The Dolly Sisters and chorus in the tableaux La Mine Diamants (Diamond Mine), Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 1925

Old timbered house by a river
An old timbered house at the side of a river

View of Sackville College, East Grinstead, West Sussex
Exterior view of Sackville College, East Grinstead, West Sussex, a Jacobean almshouse founded in 1609 to provide sheltered accommodation for the elderly

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