page_title: Great Mogul Diamond
hierarchical_section_title: Great Mogul Diamond
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Croquis du Grand Mogol d'après Tavernier
context_page_description: Great Mogul is believed to have been discovered around 1650 most probably around Kollur Mine in the Golconda region of southern India. Tavernier described the diamond as "The stone is of the same form as if one cut an egg through the middle".
context_section_description: Great Mogul is believed to have been discovered around 1650 most probably around Kollur Mine in the Golconda region of southern India. Tavernier described the diamond as "The stone is of the same form as if one cut an egg through the middle".
caption: Drawing of the Great Moghul diamond, by Tavernier in 1676