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In the early 1800s in India, the Black Orlov diamond was discovered . It originally weighed 195 carats. It was allegedly cursed - as were all its future owners - when a monk removed the gem from the eye of the idol of Brahma at a shrine near Pondicherry, India...
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In the early 1800s in India, the Black Orlov diamond was discovered . It originally weighed 195 carats. It was allegedly cursed - as were all its future owners - when a monk removed the gem from the eye of the idol of Brahma at a shrine near Pondicherry, India...




