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Vargas diamond

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Weight
  
726 carats (145.2 g)

Cut by
  
Adrian Graselly

Discovered
  
1938

The Vargas Diamond, discovered in Brazil on August 13, 1938 by Joaquim Venancio Tiago and Manoel Miguel Domingues, was 726.6 carats (145.32 g) when pulled out of the ground. Twenty-nine smaller diamonds were carved from the larger rough Vargas Diamond including the 48.26-carat (9.652 g) emerald cut diamond named "President Vargas", after the former Brazilian President, Getúlio Dornelles Vargas.

The diamond has been in the possession of Harry Winston, a jeweler from New York.

References

Vargas diamond Wikipedia