The Hooker Emerald

This famous Colombian emerald is noted for it's size and lack of imperfections, the Hooker Emerald was cut from a stone worn by Abdul-Hamid II. He was one of the last sultans of the Ottoman Empire. In 1911, Tiffany and Company purchased the stone and set it in a brooch. It was later donated to the Smithsonian Museum by James Stewart Hooker.

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