The legendary diamond mines of Golconda are all gone now. The demand for their extraordinary stones—devoid of nitrogen, their color has been described as “whiter than white” and “as clear as a drop of ...

For his first day at Harry Winston, in January 2010, Frédéric de Narp, the company's contagiously enthusiastic president and CEO, had one request: He wanted to hold the Hope diamond. The 110-carat ...

The history of the Pope County town of Golconda on the Ohio River begins in Kentucky. Maj. James Lusk owned property near the river in 1796 and a year later obtained a Kentucky license to operate a ...

Thieves entered Paris' Louvre earlier this week and left within minutes with priceless Napoleonic jewels, leaving behind a $60 million diamond that is the largest of its kind in Europe and was found ...

Stepping stones: The story of every Golconda diamond begins at a mine in southern India, but some have taken wild detours through history. The 105-carat Koh I Noor diamond, thought to have belonged to ...