Gems & GemologySpring 2025, Vol. 61, No. 1

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ABOUT THE COVER

This issue features a study of the 2.33 ct Winston Red diamond, now on public display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The old mine brilliant-cut Fancy red diamond was once set in the Ceremonial Necklace of Nawanagar. We show it superimposed on the 1931 sketch of the original necklace without the red diamond, designed by Cartier London. Photo of the Winston Red by Robert Weldon; courtesy of Ronald Winston. Sketch courtesy of Archives Cartier London © Cartier.

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