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Golconda diamond

Any diamond found at the Golconda mine in Hyderabab, India; the mine is no longer productive. Such cut stones were usually very shallow, probably owing to having been recut after the original thin cutting by Indian lapidaries.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson