Blue Heart Diamond

Inside the Smithsonian Collection is the Blue Heart Diamond. Unlike the “Heart of the Ocean Diamond being cast into the ocean on the movie Titanic, this diamond is safe and sound at the Smithsonian.

Although also referred to as the Eugenie Blue Diamond, it’s not known for certain that the Empress Eugenie ever owned it. It was cut in Paris between 1909 and 1910, but the stones origin, Africa or India, is not clear.

This diamond is an enormous, heart shaped, blue diamond weighing 30.82 carats. Currently it’s set in a platinum ring, surrounded by white diamonds. After changing hands among famous jewelers such as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, it was purchased by Harry Winston in 1959 who mounted the diamond in its current setting. Mr. Winston sold the ring to Marjorie Merriweather Post who donated the ring to the Smithsonian where it remains today with other famous blue diamonds, including the Hope Diamond and the Heart of Eternity Diamond.

These diamonds have all recently gone through a grading and examination process to classify their colors and to determine the source of their colors. The Hope Diamond is classified as Fancy Deep Grayish-Blue. The Heart of Eternity Diamond has been classified as a Fancy Vivid Blue. The Blue Heart Diamond has not yet been classified, but some experts categorize it as either Fancy Vivid Blue or Fancy Deep Blue. Blue diamonds are of particular to scientists because of their color, the impurities that create it, and because blue diamonds also have an electric conductive property that make them unique among clear and other colored diamonds.

You won’t find expensive blue diamonds in our jewelry collections, but you’re sure to find something you'll cherish for years.