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The '''Moon of Baroda''' is a {{convert|24.04|carat|g}} cut diamond discovered in [[Vadodara]] (Baroda), India.<ref name="timesindia" /> The diamond, canary yellow in colour, is cut in a pear shape. When found, the rough diamond weighed {{convert|25.95|carat|g}}. The Moon of Baroda was originally owned by the [[Maharajas]] of Baroda. The [[royal family]] of [[Gaekwad]] Maharajas was in possession of the diamond for almost 500 years. The gem was later worn by singer and actress [[Marilyn Monroe]]<ref name="Diamond Divas">{{cite web |url=http://www.diamonddivas.be/index.php?id=65 |title=Red Carpet Marilyn Monroe |access-date=2009-04-27 |publisher=Diamond Divas |date=2009-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172634/http://www.diamonddivas.be/index.php?id=65 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]].<ref name="timesindia" /><ref name="nationaljewellers">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaljewelernetwork.com/njn/content_display/fashion/e3i2eba2a8405f75482c1019647dfb52189?imw=Y |title='Diamond Divas' exhibition honors Grace Kelly |access-date=2008-11-01 |publisher=National Jeweller Network |date=2008-04-03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080408102717/http://www.nationaljewelernetwork.com/njn/content_display/fashion/e3i2eba2a8405f75482c1019647dfb52189?imw=Y |archive-date=8 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
The Moon of Baroda weighed {{convert|25.95|carat|g}} at the time it was found. It was later cut into a [[pear shaped]] diamond, weighing {{convert|24.04|carat|g}}.<ref name="diamonddivas" /><br />
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A popular myth associated with the Moon of Baroda is that it brings bad luck to its owner if it is carried across the sea.<ref name="timesindia">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-03/ahmedabad/27753204_1_baroda-marilyn-monroe-ravi-choksi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022035224/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-03/ahmedabad/27753204_1_baroda-marilyn-monroe-ravi-choksi |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-22 |title=Moon of Baroda rises at Antwerp |access-date=2008-11-01 |author=Prashant Rupera |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2008-02-03 }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The Moon of Baroda was originally owned by the royal Gaekwad family, the Maharajas of Baroda. It was later sent by the Gaekwad family to Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], the only female monarch of the [[Habsburg dynasty]]. The diamond was returned to the Gaekwad family later, and in 1860, it was fitted to a [[necklace]]. The Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad sold it to an unknown buyer in the early 1920s.<ref name="timesindia" /><br />
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The diamond resurfaced in the 1940s, in 1943, the diamond was purchased by Meyer Rosenbaum of Detroit, President of the Meyer Jewelry Company. Rosenbaum later gave the diamond to [[Marilyn Monroe]], who wore it for the shooting of the song ''[[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]]'', and also in the film ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''.<ref name="times">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1596823.ece |title= Christie's hit by curse of the £5m necklace |access-date=2008-11-01 |author=Dean Nelson |publisher=Times Online |date=2007-04-01 |location=London}}</ref> The Moon of Baroda was displayed publicly in an exhibition in 1944.<ref name="timesindia" /><ref name="diamonddivas" /><br />
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In 2008, the Moon of Baroda was next displayed publicly at the exhibition 'Diamond Divas', organized by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.<ref name="diamonddivas">{{cite web |url=http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=2421 |title=Diamond Divas exhibition to feature rare Moon of Baroda |access-date=2008-11-01 |publisher=Diamond World |date=2008-03-21 }}</ref><ref name="USAtoday">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=photo&photo_id=0gD04DMa6yfAl&tid=0aXO884bgl5JI&pn=0 |title=The Moon of Baroda |access-date=2008-11-01 |publisher=USA Today |first=Gene |last=Sloan}}</ref><br />
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On the 28 August 2012, episode of the Japanese antique appraisal television show Nandemo Kanteidan (松木悌), a Japanese management consultant resident in California appearing with what he claimed was the Moon of Baroda <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Diamond|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/kantei/kaiun_db/otakara/20120828/06.html|access-date=|website=}}</ref>). Japanese diamond expert, Mr. Honma (本間悟郎), authenticated the diamond and appraised it at 100 million Yen.<br />
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A number of replicas of the diamond have been made by jewellers and put on display,<br />
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