A collection of 25 diamonds, including the Olympia Diamond Collection, is on display now through January at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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| The Olympia Diamond Collection consists of five colored diamonds ranging in size from 1.01 to 2.34 carats. |
According to a news release from the museum, the public can view the diamonds in the museum’s Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems.
Diamonds in the exhibit include a brilliant-cut intense-pink diamond set in gold with smaller pink diamonds, designed by Carvin French with diamonds from Rio Tinto’s Argyle Mine in Australia; a 5.4-carat round-brilliant-cut diamond pendant surrounded by 20 sapphires and set in white gold, designed in California in 1960; and the five colored diamonds of the Olympia Diamond Collection.
According to the release, the Olympia Diamond Collection, curated by Joshua Sheby and on loan from Scarselli Diamonds Inc., consists of a 1.01-carat vivid orange-yellow diamond, a 1.02-carat vivid blue-green diamond, a 2.17-carat vivid purplish-pink diamond, a 2.13-carat vivid blue diamond and a 2.34-carat vivid orange diamond.
In addition, the museum’s diamond display includes laboratory-grown diamonds from both Boston-based Apollo Diamond Corp., which uses chemical vapor deposition (CVD) in creating its diamonds, and Sarasota, Fla.-based Gemesis Corp., which uses high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) treatment to create its stones.
George Harlow, curator of the museum’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, curated the diamond case.
Viewing the diamonds is free with admission to the museum, which is located at Central Park West and 79th Street in Manhattan.
