At the end of 1997, the seventh art released the highest grossing film of all time until 2009: Titanic. The story of Romeo and Juliet is an ocean liner with the ending we all know. The tape narrates the subplot of the «Blue Diamond», which allegories or feeds the legend of the «Curse of the Hope Diamond» due to the large number of untimely outcomes that their owners have suffered over the years.
The Hope Diamond, Blue Diamond, Sea Jewel or Hope Diamond, is a gem with an intense navy blue color due to the presence of traces of boron atoms in its molecular structure. It can be said that it is one of the largest precious stones in the world and that its wearer should give it a place among connoisseurs.
However, over time, it has become legendary due to the alleged curse that persecutes its aforementioned owners. Countless rumors relate the gem to countless misfortunes suffered by each of its owners throughout history since the mid-seventeenth century.
Its origin dates back between 1660 and 1661 when the French adventurer and merchant, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, acquired the gemstone. triangular in shape and gross weight of 115 carats after extracting it from the Kollur mine, located in Golconda, India.
Back then, the gem was known as the Tavernier Diamond and, according to legend, it was carved by an ancient sun deity. and later stolen from the eye of a statuette carved in honor of the Goddess Sita, according to the Hindu tradition.
It was the year 1668 when, before dying of cold and devoured by vermin, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier sold the precious rock to King Louis XIV of France, who died of gangrene. After the monarch’s death, the French crown jeweler, Sieur Pitau, cut the stone and created a 45.52-carat diamond.
This mineral fragment gave rise to the «Blue Diamond of the Crown», used by royalty in a gold necklace during the performance of their protocol acts. Later, in the reign of Louis XV, it symbolized the Order of the Golden Fleece, which ceased to be used as a badge after his death.
The successor to the French crown, King Louis XVI of France, presented the diamond to Marie Antoinette of Austria., on the condition that she added the piece to her jewelry collection. Nevertheless, both were beheaded during the French Revolution.
Since that time, the diamond has generated more tragedies than joys. The Empress Catherine the Great died in 1796 from a stroke.; the King George IV of the United Kingdom passed away after a long mental illness either Simón Montarides and family, who died when their carriage fell off a cliff.
The list of deceased personalities stopped after the American jeweler Harry Winston donated the diamond to the National Museum of Natural History. Of course, before being visited by the scythe and dying of a heart attack.