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The largest known pink diamond, most celebrated diamond in the Iranian Crown Jewels and one of the oldest known to man, the 186-carat Darya-i-noor is a crudely-fashioned, pink, table or taviz-cut diamond with a name that means river of light. The Darya-i-noor’s weight of 186-carats is an estimate made by the Gemological Institute of America and the exact weight is unknown because the stone cannot be removed from its setting without risking major damage. In 1827, Sir John Malcolm, a British
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