2nd Largest Gem Gift to SI Goes on Display

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Summary

The Victoria-Transvaal Diamond, "the largest and most valuable gem gift to the Smithsonian since the Hope Diamond," goes on display. It was the gift of Leonard and Victoria Wilkinson, and is pear shaped and 67.89 carats, set into a yellow gold necklace containing 108 diamonds. The Wilkinsons also donated seven other large diamonds.

Subject

  • Wilkinson, Leonard
  • Wilkinson, Victoria
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 11/1977, p. 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 9, 1977

Topic

  • Gems
  • Diamonds
  • Gifts

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