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The Famous Spoonmaker’s Apple: The Story of Its Arrival in the Ottoman Treasury

The Khashoggi Diamond is a unique diamond weighing 86 carats, exhibited in the Topkapi Palace Museum. This diamond is studded with 49 precious stones in a double row and is one of the most recognized diamonds worldwide. There is no definitive information about how and when the diamond entered the Ottoman treasury and why it …