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National Museum of Natural History · Second floor

6Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals

The Hope Diamond, the Logan Sapphire and the Dom Pedro aquamarine lead a dazzling display of gems, minerals, meteorites and the geology of the planet.

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The Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond
Cut in the seventeenth century; recut about 1812
Second floor, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals, Harry Winston Gallery
The Logan Sapphire
The Logan Sapphire
Cut before 1960
Second floor, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals
The Dom Pedro Aquamarine
The Dom Pedro Aquamarine
Bernd Munsteiner, Mined about 1980; cut 1992
Second floor, Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems and Minerals