Recently, it has been heavily speculated that the world famous Hope Diamond and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond were cut from the same stone. Well, a statement from the National Gem Collection refutes this, claiming the two amazing jewels were not cut from the same stone after all.

The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond is part of the Smithsonian Institution. According to a statement by Jeffrey Post - the National Gem Collection's curator: "there is an uncanny resemblance (between the blue diamonds), but they are different. They are not part of the same crystal or rough.”

The two blue diamonds were examined under several microscopes and lights at the Smithsonian in order to try and solve the centuries-old mystery regarding a possible common origin.

The Hope Diamond weighs 45.52-carats and the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond weighs 31.06-carats, and both gemstones have a deep blue color. The National Gem Collection had the opportunity to inspect the diamonds after the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond, which has not been on public display for more than 50 years, was lent to the Smithsonian for display, alongside the Hope Diamond.

"The tests supported the fact that they are extremely similar, in their color, in the way they phosphoresce. It's amazingly similar," Post said. However, he also said the differences between the two blue diamonds became apparent under a diamond-view microscope: "The detailed pattern is different in the two."

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