Diamond Collection (#34)

English newspaper advertisement, 1892
DAVYs DIAMOND CEMENT. English newspaper advertisement, 1892

Diamond in pebble
A solitary diamond in conglomerate, from Golconda, India

Diamond flower brooch
Victorian diamond-encrusted flower with a sapphire at its centre

Diamond spikes

Plaster mould recording the original shape of the Koh-i-Noor
Made in 1851 before the diamond was re-cut to a brilliant oval. This cast records the Mogul-style cut of the Koh-i-Noor diamond

Fossilised Mesturus verrucosus
Fossilised fish from upper Jurassic lithographic limestone, Eichstadt, Germany. 150 million years ago

Plate 3a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 3a, Histoire Naturel Des Mineraux et de Pierres Precieuses, from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Morelia spilota, diamond python
Watercolour 40 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Hannays diamond
No.1 of Hannays diamonds. Specimen held in the Mineralogy Department at The Natural History Museum, London

Reptilia (class), snake
Watercolour 57 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Diamond field, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Included diamond gemstone
A two-carat rectangular step-cut diamond with a large violet-red garnet inclusion visible in the table facet

Interstellar diamonds
This specimen is known as the Allende meteorite. When viewed under a transmission electron microscope it shows formations of tiny interstellar diamonds

Diamonds are forever
I m happy

Diamond crystals
Clockwise from top left (yellow matrix): in beach conglomerate from Namaqualand, in kimberlite from South Africa and in matrix from Siberia (bottom)

Diamonds fluorescing
Murchison snuff box set with diamonds fluorescing under ultra violet radiation. Gold snuff box set with diamonds ranging from 0.75 to 2.5 carats, presented to Sir R. I. Murchison by Tsar Alexander II

Diamond and simulants
Five gemstones showing dispersion and light spill. Left to right: strontium titanate, cubic zirconia, diamond, YAG, and synthetic white sapphire

Birthstone Series: Brilliant Cut Diamond
Diamond, a gemstone from the Natural History Museum collections, in London. Diamond is the birthstone for the month of April (along with quartz, rock crystal). Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Plate 99, from Mineralogie
Various gemstone varieties including diamond, ruby, sapphire, spinel and Topaz. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie vol.3 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Kor-i-noor replica
An exact copy of the original Kor-i-noor diamond created from cubic zirconia by John Nels Hatleberg (Cat 157). Photographed by Frank Greenaway

Diamond fields, Cape of Good Hope
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Diamond with garnet
Red garnet crystal in an octagonal, step-cut diamond. Diamond comprises of compacted carbon and is the hardest natural substance known on Earth

Diamond
A form of carbon. The brilliant, hard diamond, is formed under conditions of vast pressure and heat deep wihtin the earth

Some crystal forms of carbon
Seen here are rough diamonds or boarts surrounding a diamond crystal which have been photographed on a base of graphite. Diamond is the hardest known mineral on Earth

Herkimer Diamond (Quartz) - on matrix - New York - USA - Double terminated quartz crystals common in upstate New York
CAN-4219 Herkimer Diamond (Quartz) - on matrix New York - USA Double terminated quartz crystals common in upstate New York John Cancalosi contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Blue Angels As Seen In Flight Through the Golden Gate Bridge

North Carolina, Crystal Coast. Cape Lookout lighthouse, Cape Lookout National Seashore

Red Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus ruber, Native to Southern California

Italy, Emilia, Romagna, Ferrara. Palazzo dei Diamanti, diamond boss detail

Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy - An arched hallway with a diamond patterned floor leading to a set of stairs

Namibia, Namib Desert, South Coast, Kolmanskop. Emergency assembly point sign in abandoned mining town

Design submitted by James Diamond in the competition for the Presidents House, c1792
PRESIDENTs HOUSE, c1792. Design submitted by James Diamond in the competition for the Presidents House, c1792

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The Lord Henry Seymour with 40 English and Dutch Ships keeping the Coast of the Netherlands to hinder ye Prince of Parmas coming forth

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The Spanish fleet that remained, returned home disabled and with much dishonour. The knave of diamonds from a deck of English playing cards depicting the defeat of the Spanish

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The Army of 2000 Souldiers laid along ye Southern Coast of England. The seven of diamonds from a deck of English playing cards depicting the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588

ARMY BARRACKS, 1777. Engraved diagram from A Military Course for the Government and Conduct of a Batallion by Thoms Simes, London, 1777

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The Lord Admirall [Charles] Howard ranking his whole Fleet into 4 Squadrons ye 1st he ruled himselfe, [Sir Francis] Drake ye 2nd

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The 2nd Fight betweene ye English and Spanish Fleetes being the 23 of June 1588 wherein only Cock an Englishman being with his little Vessell in ye Midst of ye Enemies died

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The English Pinnace called ye Defiance sent from the Admirall, and by a great Shot Challinging the Spaniards to Fight, the 21 of July 1588

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. Arthur Lord Grey, Sir Francis Knolles, Sir John Norris, Sir Richard Bingham, Sir Rog[er] Williams and others in a Councell of War

DIAMOND BROOCH, c1890. Advertisement engraving, late 19th century

PLAYING CARD, 1710. The Queens addressed, and by new Senate told, they ll act with more obedience than Her old. Design for a playing card, English, 1710

SOUTH AFRICA: DIAMOND AREA. Klipdrift, South Africa, at the diamond-digging area. Wood engraving, 1871

MAINE: LUMBERING, 1882. Maine. - A Log Jam on the Falls of the Diamond - Cutting the Key Log
MAINE: LUMBERING, 1882. Maine. - A Log " Jam" on the Falls of the Diamond - Cutting the " Key Log." Wood engraving, American, 1882

RATTLESNAKES. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus, top) and South American rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus). Wood engraving, late 19th century

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The Army appointed to guard the Queenes person and consisting of 24, 000 Foot, 2000 Horse, whereof [Henry Carey] the Lord Hunsdon was General

SPANISH ARMADA, 1588. The 2nd Squadron ruled by Sir Francis Drake. The queen of diamonds from a deck of English playing cards depicting the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588

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