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Regent Diamond: $60 million (£47m)
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The 140.64-carat Regent Diamond is owned by the French government and kept at the Louvre in Paris. According to legend, the diamond was discovered in India in 1698 by an enslaved person who was later murdered by an English sea captain.
The jewel, which is said to be cursed, ended up in the collection of the French Regent, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and was requisitioned by the state after the French Revolution in 1799.
The jewel, which is said to be cursed, ended up in the collection of the French Regent, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, and was requisitioned by the state after the French Revolution in 1799.
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