• New Delhi Hyderabad Kollur Mine Kollur Mine was a series of gravel-clay pits on the south bank of the Krishna River in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It...
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    deep-blue diamond with internally flawless clarity, originating in the Kollur Mine, India. Laurence Graff purchased the Wittelsbach Diamond in 2008 for...
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    the Golconda Sultanate. Because of the vicinity of diamond mines, especially Kollur Mine, Golconda flourished as a trade centre of large diamonds known...
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    recorded blue diamond, the Hope Diamond, was discovered in India, in the Kollur mine in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh (which at the time was part...
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    Regent Diamond (category Kollur diamonds)
    According to legend, the diamond was discovered by an enslaved man in the Kollur Mine near the Krishna River and was concealed by the slave in a leg wound...
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    centuries when 23 mines, of which Kollur Mine was the most active, operated in the region and 30,000 people at a time worked in one mine. The output from...
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  • Kollur may refer to: Kollur, Guntur district, a village in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India Kollur, Ranga Reddy, a village in Ranga Reddy district...
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    International Zarnitsa mine Kollur Mine Panna Martapura Argyle diamond mine Merlin diamond mine Ellendale diamond mine Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories...
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  • Kollur Mine Bunder Project Majhgawan Mine Golkonda Diamond mining in India extends back into antiquity. From ancient times, India was the source of nearly...
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  • This lists of mines in India is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary...
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    believed to have been discovered around 1650, most probably around the Kollur Mine in the Golconda region of southern India. Tavernier described the diamond...
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    stone. This diamond, as is also presumed for the Koh-i-Noor, was mined in Kollur mine in the Golcanda region of Andhra Pradesh, India. It was originally...
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  • to have been around 340 carats (68 g) in size, and was mined from the now-submerged Kollur mine in the Krishna River valley in the year 1830. Richard Francis...
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    size since the 18th century. Extracted in the 17th century from the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India, the Hope Diamond is a blue diamond. Its exceptional...
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    occurring in January 1687, lasting 8 months. The fort was home of the Kollur Mine. The Golconda Fort was considered to be an impregnable fort on the Indian...
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  • list is not intended to be complete—e.g., the Cullinan (formerly Premier) mine alone has produced 135 diamonds larger than 200 carats since mining commenced...
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    Africa and Tanzania. Pink diamonds were first discovered in India, in the Kollur mine in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh (which at the time was part...
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    Bayyaram Mines, iron Kudremukh, iron Donimalai, iron Jaggayapeta mines, dolomite Nalgonda uranium deposits, Kollur Mine, diamonds Hatti Gold Mines, Widespread...
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    (it is turned upside-down in this photo) Weight 189.62 carats (37.924 g) Country of origin India Mine of origin Kollur Mine Owner Kremlin Diamond Fund...
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    supply this demand through European traders. Diamonds from mines (especially the Kollur Mine presently in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh) were transported...
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    certainly Indian in origin and likely sourced by Tavernier in 1666 at the Kollur mine in the Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. The stone, only slightly finished...
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    impressive fashion tradition that has stood the test of time. The ancient Kollur mine is the mother of the numerous legendary gems such as the Koh-i-Noor and...
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  • Color Very light blue Cut Tabular, free-form. Inscribed. Country of origin India Mine of origin Kollur Mine Discovered 1600 Original owner privately owned...
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    region. Of the 38 diamond mines in India at the time, 23 were located in the Golconda Sultanate, of which the Kollur Mine was prominent where 60,000...
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    The Beau Sancy is a 34.98-carat (6.996 g) diamond originally mined in India, which is cut in a modified pear double rose-cut shape. Since appearing in...
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    Golconda and fiercely protected the Kollur Mine, which was then probably the world's most productive diamond mine, and an important economic asset. In...
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  • Paritala (category Diamond mines in India)
    as Gani Atkur formed the area of rich diamond mines called Kollur Mines (Gani Kollur). The Kollur mines were visited by Tavernier and William Methold...
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    larger 89 carat diamond in the 15th century in India. Found in Golconda mines of Kollur and originally cut in India, the diamond was the adornment in the Trimbakeshwar...
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    and Member of Parliament Timeline of Guntur List of people from Guntur Kollur Mine "New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched". The...
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  • the blue diamond "Tereshchenko" was found in India, near Golconda, in Kollur mine in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh (which at the time was part...
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