Cursed Hope Diamond blood glow explained

[nhboy]

"The blood red glow given off by a diamond that is supposedly cursed has yielded up its secrets at last.

The famed Hope Diamond is a 45.52-carat, deep-blue diamond that sits in the Smithsonian Institution's United States Gem Collection.

A discovery reported today could help solve the riddle of whether it had indeed been stolen from an eye of a sculpted idol of the Hindu goddess Sita, the supposed source of the curse."

Cursed Hope Diamond blood glow explained - Telegraph

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

that was interesting...



I wish they'd have said whether or not they have tested this diamond with others from india or whatever to see if it was really stolen from the hindu idol.

 

[cwo_ghwebb]

Cool. Natural diamonds of poor color used to be irradiated with gamma rays to change the color. The first diamond I ever bought was an irradiated stone and it was dark blue. Surprised colored diamonds are back in vogue now.