Author Laura Shane

In 1905 the manager of the Premier mine in Transvaal, South Africa, making a routine inspection by the mine discovered by chance a twinkle in one of the walls of the mine, took their instruments and began to dig. He found nothing less than a diamond of more than half a kilogram of extraordinary purity. In this rough diamond was named Cullinan.

The stone was bought by the Transvaal government, at the suggestion of General Louis Botha, Prime-Minister, for £ 150,000.00 and presented to King Edward VII on his 66th birthday in 1907. The king then entrusted the work of stone carving experts Joseph Asscher & Co. of Amsterdam.
Then it was divided into nine main parts, 96 small brilliant approximately 10 carats. The largest stone was removed from the diamond was 530 carats of fantastic. A total of 150 stone carvings that were ordered and named according to their weight as Cullinan I, Cullinan II, Cullinan III, etc. The Cullinan I is the largest cut diamond in the world and is set in the scepter of King Edward VII. Meanwhile, the Cullinan II, the other great Cullinan diamond from the original, is the main attraction of the British imperial crown, jewel preserved in the Museum Tower.

The use was 34.25 percent, therefore the total weight was carved stones 1063.80 carats.

Finally say that this diamond is known as "Southern Star" or "Star of Africa" [1]