Diamond Definition, Properties, Color, Applications, & Facts
Actor Richard Burton bought the stone as a present for then fiancée Elizabeth Taylor. It weighed 69.42 carats at the time, cut into a pear shape and mounted on a Cartier necklace. Taylor loved the piece but sold it soon after their divorce and donated the $five million dollars to construct a hospital in Botswana. Each and every carat can be subdivided into 100 ‘points.’ This enables incredibly precise measurements…Read More