Diamonds are Forever

I admit that I like diamonds. The ones I like are sparkling. I also realize that Liz Taylor got a huge diamond from Richard Burton as a wedding gift. I would love to see the Hope Diamond. It was a diamond that was found in Goloconda, India, and initially weighed 45.5 carats. The blue color comes from traces of boron in the gem. In 1668 the diamond was sold to King Louis XIV of France. The diamond was then stolen, but it reappeared in a cut down version in 1824 in the possession of Henry Phillip Hope. Many people think Elizabeth Taylor owned the diamond for a time, but that is not true. She owned an even bigger diamond, known as the Taylor-Burton diamond, which is 69 carats. (Video: the Hope Diamond.)