Aurora Pyramid of Hope

The Aurora Pyramid of Hope is a collection of 296 cut natural diamonds in a wide variety of colors, billed as "the most comprehensive natural color diamond collection in the world".^[1] It is owned by Aurora Gems, Inc., a diamond merchant specialising in fancy color diamonds. The collection has been displayed on loan in a pyramid-shaped display case in various major museums since 1998. Aurora Gems was founded by Harry Rodman (1909–2008) a gold refiner from the Bronx, and Alan Bronstein, a diamond dealer from New Jersey, who began collecting colored diamonds in 1979.

The 296 gems of the Aurora Diamond Collection, displayed in the Natural History Museum in London under visible light

The same collection of gems fluorescing under UV light

The original 260-gem collection was on public display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City from 1989 to 2005 in the Morgan Hall of Gems. It was the centerpiece for the museum's 1998 exhibition The Nature of Diamonds which toured Japan, Canada, and the U.S. In 2005, the collection moved to the Natural History Museum of London.^[2] At that time, 36 new specimens were added to the original 260 diamonds, for a total weight of 267.45 carats (53.490 g).

See also

• List of diamonds

References

1. "Aurora Collection on Display at London's Natural History Museum". News Releases. Gemological Institute of America. Archived from the original on 2008-11-23.
2. "Diamonds at the Museum". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

Notes

• "How do coloured diamonds form?". Retrieved 2021-07-05.
• ""Aurora Pyramid of Hope" – The World's Largest Colourful Diamond Collection". 13 October 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
• "The Aurora Pyramid of Hope". Retrieved 2021-07-05.
• "Exploring a Spectrum of Diamonds with the Aurora Pyramid of Hope". Retrieved 2021-07-05.
• "Minerals bring new sparkle to museum". Retrieved 2021-07-27.

External links

• Aurora Pyramid of Hope Aurora Gems, Inc.