Date: 01 Mar 2001
Paris
Prestigious Bond Street jeweller, House of Mouawad, is proud to announce its high profile sponsorship of the dazzling 'Diamonds' exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Paris.
The official inauguration ceremony, scheduled for 7.00pm on 7th March, will be attended by celebrities, dignitaries and media and hosted by House of Mouawad President, Mr Robert Mouawad.
'Diamonds', the world's largest ever exhibition devoted exclusively to diamonds, will feature thousands of breathtaking gems whose histories span a whole millennium. The first section of the exhibition celebrates these miracles of nature and provides a fascinating insight into the history of the diamond. Uncut diamonds will be on display to the public for the very first time, so allowing a full appreciation of their natural beauty.
The second section of the exhibition features beautiful cut and polished diamonds including four prized stones from the amazing world famous collection of the House of Mouawad:
Excelsior - originally weighing 995.2 carats, this stone claims to be the Great Unknown of famous diamonds and is the world's second largest rough gem of its kind. It possesses a marvellous blue-white colour characteristic of the finest Jagersfontein diamonds. It was due to the diamond's unusual shape, flat one on side, rising to a peak on the other that it was named the Excelsior, meaning higher. The most historic gem from this collection was the Excelsior I, a pear shaped diamond weighing 69.68 carats.
House of Mouawad Sponsors Amazing Paris 'Diamonds' Exhibition March 2001
Mouawad Royal Purple Heart - at 7.34 carats this is the largest fancy vivid purple natural diamond known to exist in the world. This unique stone has been expertly cut and polished into a perfect heart shape to allow the striking purple colour to dazzle. Natural purple diamonds are among the rarest and most highly sought after colours. The Mouawad Royal Purple Heart diamond was cut by and is a joint venture with Julius Klein Diamond Corporation.
Mouawad Mondera - a superb colourless, flawless pear-shaped diamond weighing 60.19 carats. This breathtaking diamond is both unique in colour and clarity with excellent finish and proportions, ranking it a world-class gem. Robert Mouawad named it Mondera, to represent both the traditional world of the family jeweller and the new face represented by Mondera.com, the jewellery e-tailer founded by his sons.
President Vargas - a beautiful emerald cut flawless diamond weighing 27.33 carats and, to commemorate the stone as being the largest ever found in Brazil, named in honour of Guetulio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil 1930-45 and 1951-54.
The 'Diamonds' exhibition will be open to the public every day from 10th March until 15th July 2001 from 9am to midnight* at:
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
36, rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
75005 Paris
Metro Stations: Jussieu / Censier / Gare d'Austerlitz
*closes at 7pm on Tuesdays
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