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The Hortensia diamond was mined in India as one of the Golconda Diamonds, and is part of the French Crown Jewels. It is a 20 carat diamond of pale orange-pink colour, cut into a five-sided shape, and with a "feather" running from its tip to its girdle.

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Hortensia

peach colored diamond of 20 carats formerly part of the French Crown Jewels, now in the Louvre

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Hortensia: 1st century BC female Roman orator