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The Golden Jubilee

In 1985 the Golden Jubilee diamond was discovered in the Premier mine in South Africa. It was first known as the Unnamed Brown, because of its brown color. The Golden Jubilee is the largest faceted diamond in the world.
This title was long hold by the Cullinan I, also known as the Great Star of Africa, until the discovery of the Unnamed Brown.
The Golden Jubilee weighs 545 carats and was cut by the master cutter Gabi Tolkowsky in a fire rose cushion cut. The diamond was considered as a rather ugly stone, but Gabi Tolkowsky produced with special tools and cutting methods a glittering yellow-brown beauty of a diamond.

The Unnamed Brown became the Golden Jubilee when King Rama IX of Thailand (also known as King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great) was given the stone to the 50th anniversary of his coronation in 1997.

The Golden Jubilee is mounted in the royal sceptre of King Rama IX.

Legends around the Golden Jubilee

Not many people in Thailand know that the Golden Jubilee is a diamond, as the government decided to tell its people that the Golden Jubilee is a large golden topaz. The economic situation in Thailand hasn’t been all that good lately and the news of the purchase of a large diamond would likely irritate the citiziens and would probably lower the popularity for the monarchy.