'Cursed' black diamond on display

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A "cursed" black diamond, which has seen three former owners commit suicide, is to go on display in the UK for the first time.

The Black Orlov, also known as The Eye of Brahma, was said to have been removed from a Hindu idol in India.

This sacrilege allegedly led future owners of the precious stone to suffer violent deaths.

The 67.5-carat gem will go on show at the Natural History Museum's Diamonds exhibition from Wednesday.

The diamond's history is unclear, but legend tells of a monk removing the original rough 195-carat diamond from the eye of the Idol of Brahma at a shrine near Pondicherry.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4262862.stm

[Shell Beau]

1. Whoa! That is cool!

[Hugin]

2. That is an impressive diamond.

Although, diamonds are formed from carbon I didn't know
they could be black.

[RedCloud]

3. Give me that rock.

I bet I won't commit suicide!