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as seen in the British Royal Sceptre (approx. size).
General Information
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest cut diamond, weighing 3,106 metric carats. "On January 26, 1905, the surface manager, Frederick Wells, was led by a Black worker to one sidewall of the infant
mine. He pointed to a bright object caught in the sun's rays and embedded in yellow ground some 9 metres below the surface. Wells investigated and dug the object out with his pen-knife. It was an enormous diamond."
Source
Sir Thomas Major Cullinan: a Biography by Nigel Helme (McGraw-Hill, Johannesburg, 1974).
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