Gems and Jewels by Egantx7

This gem likely came from India where it was originally called the Tavernier Blue before being cut down to the French Blue, which was gifted to Louis XIV. After it was stolen in 1791, the French Blue was cut again, with this gem being the largest cut, getting its name from an English banking family which held it for a time. Identify this blue diamond of 45.5 carats, currently held by the Smithsonian Institution.

This gemstone was given to young Princess Dala of Lugash by her father. Identify this diamond, so named because of a strange pattern inside, which saw Sir Charles Lytton and his nephew George (played by David Niven and Robert Wagner, respectively) attempt to steal this gem.

Be specific with your answer. Under the Treaty of Lahore, the Koh-i-Noor diamond was ceded by the Kingdom of Punjab to Queen Victoria. At a whopping 109 carats, the Koh-i-Noor remains in the British crown jewels, but is not part of the coronation regalia for the monarch. Who was the last person to wear the Koh-i-Noor as part of their crown, a crown which the public saw placed on her coffin during her 2002 funeral services.

The red variety of this gem has only been found in one place on Earth: the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah. A 217.8 carat one of these inscribed with Islamic prayers called "the Mogul" or "Mogul Mughal" auctioned for over US$2 million in 2001. In fiction, the walls of a famous city were of the color of this gem. Identify this gemstone which sees a vast majority of its gems come from Columbia or Brazil.

What group of three jewels were fashioned by Fëanor, with one ending up in a fiery pit underground, one at the bottom of the sea, and the third a star among the heavens? These jewels were crafted from Telperion and Laurelin, the trees of gold and silver which lit Valinor.

The Black Prince's Ruby (actually a spinel, not a ruby) is the large red stone found on the front of the Imperial State Crown of the United Kingdom. This stone is the second oldest stone on the crown, and is believed to have been worn by two different English kings in two notable battles. Name either notable battle, one in 1415 and the other in 1485, in which the king at the time supposedly wore the spinel (giving kings wearing this gem a 1-1 record in battles).

This diamond was cut from a larger diamond in hte French crown jewels, sometime after Louis XVI's execution. It was later made into a necklace, and purchased by Caledon Hockley. While a copy, with a platinum set 171 carat sapphire instead of an actual diamond, was created by Asprey & Garrard and auctioned for Princess Diana's charity, the more famous (and less valuable) original is owned by J. Peterman. Identify this impressive looking stone that no one is looking at when it appears around the neck of a woman being sketched.

In May, 1960, Ted Maiman at Hughes Research laboratory powered up the first optical maser or "laser". To make it work, Maiman used a rod made from which gemstone to serve as the optical cavity where the fluorescence of the gem would allow for the light to oscillate to achieve stimulated emission?

The oldest gem in the Imperial State Crown of the United Kingdom is an octagonal cut sapphire in the center of the cross on top of the crown. This gem is claimed to have been in use at the coronation of this monarch. This man's funeral is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, and he is buried in Westminster Abbey which replaced the original Westminster Abbey which he ordered to be built. Identify this son of Aethelred the Unready who was succeeded by Harold Godwinson.

We do not know what kind of gem that it was, but we do know that ex-convict John Horner is falsely accused of stealing it from the the Countess of Morcar, a crime we later discover was pulled off by James Ryder and the Countess' maid. Found in the throat of a goose, which gem was the subject of one of the 12 short stories published in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

In 2002, the American Gem Trade Association added a gemstone named for this nation to its list of December birthstones, marking the first change to the list in some 90 years. This nation is the only nation in which a particular form of blue zoisite is mined in four places that will likely see an end to mining in the next half century, despite only being discovered in in 1967. This gem ranges from deep blue to violet to burgundy. Identify this African nation which is the only current nation to lend its name to a birthstone.

The 182 carat Daria-i-Noor pink diamond, is part of this current nation's crown jewels, and may have come from the throne of Shah Jahan. The 60 carat Noor-ul-Ain pink diamond, also a part of this nation's crown jewels, is found in its own namesake tiara, a gift for the new empress on her marriage in 1958. This nation's crown jewels also includes the jeweled Sun Throne, which is also named he Peacock Throne because it may have been modeled on the Mughal Emperor's throne of the same name. Identify this nation which hasn't had a monarchy since its 1979 overthrow.