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First comes
love...then comes Simmons and Clark
Love
Story® Presents the World's Most Famous Diamonds
The
DRESDEN GREEN
41
carats
| This
almond-shaped
stone is the largest
apple-green diamond
known. Although
of Indian origin,
nothing was known
of it until Frederick
Augustus II of
Saxony purchased
the diamond at
the Leipzig Fair
in 1743 for about
$150,000.
Set in an elaborate
shoulder knot,
the stone was
exhibited with
the other Crown
Jewels of Saxony
in the famous
Green Vaults
under the Dresden
Palace. After
World War II,
these gems were
confiscated
by the Russians,
but they were
returned to
Dresden in 1958,
and are again
on display in
the palace.
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Collection, The Epic Love Collection , The Legendary Love
Collection, and Cleopatra's Passion Collection are registered
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Guild, Inc., Los Angeles, California.
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