Darya-ye Noor Diamond

The Darya-ye Noor "Sea of Light", "River of Light" or "Ocean of Light"; also spelled Darya-i-Noor, Darya-e Noor and Darya-i-Nur is one of the largest diamonds in the world, weighing an estimated 182 carats (36 g). Its colour, pale pink, is one of the rarest to be found in diamonds. The Darya-ye Noor presently forms part of the Iranian Crown Jewels and is on display at the Central Bank of Iran in Tehran.

The Great Table Diamond was one of the many stones shown to the famous jeweler and world traveler Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. In 1642 he documented his observations of this stone, writing that it was one of the “Largest and finest diamonds and rubies seen by him in Europe and Asia”.