Smithsonian Scientists Reconstruct the Hope Diamond As It Appeared in the 17th Century
October 20, 2017
October 20, 2017
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release:
A team of scientists from the Smithsonian and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris has reconstructed the original Tavernier and French Blue diamonds, the stones from which the Hope Diamond was fashioned. The replicas are the result of a decade-long research project conducted by the Smithsonian's Jeffrey Post, in collaboration with Professor Francois Farges, from the Museum National d'H . . .
A team of scientists from the Smithsonian and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris has reconstructed the original Tavernier and French Blue diamonds, the stones from which the Hope Diamond was fashioned. The replicas are the result of a decade-long research project conducted by the Smithsonian's Jeffrey Post, in collaboration with Professor Francois Farges, from the Museum National d'H . . .