Each briolette mounting is set with 12 rose cut diamonds.

It is cut in a briolette shape, an exaggerated form of double rose cut.

The jewels that were surrendered may have included the Briolette of India.

A unidentified European family reportedly owns the Briolette of India at the present time.

He cut stones in the shape known as pendeloque or briolette; these were pear-shaped with triangular facets on both sides.

The Briolette of India is a colourless (D-coloured), clear diamond.

The Briolette of India has disappeared from records for long periods, sometimes even for several centuries, before resurfacing again.

This makes the Briolette of India the oldest diamond on record in the world, even older than the famous Koh-i-Noor.

A briolette is an elongated pear-shaped gemstone cut with facets, and is often drilled to hang as a bead.

Modern sources speculate that King Richard I carried the Briolette of India with him when he took part in the third crusade.

It is cut in a briolette shape, and is a D-coloured (colourless) type IIa diamond.

The Briolette resurfaced in 1950, when it was acquired by New York jeweler Harry Winston.

The grand duchess made many purchases at Cartier (including a diamond briolette aigrette, a pearl choker with imperial eagles,...) and was thus one of its mayor clients.

Napoleon Diamond Necklace (various stones, colorless, antique cushion brilliants, pear-shaped antique cushion brilliants, briolette cuts.

If Eleanor of Acquitaine did come into possession of the diamond, it was probably between 1137 and 1152, which would make the Briolette of India the oldest diamond on record.

Briolette Kah Bic Runga MNZM (born 13 January 1976) recording as Bic Runga is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist whose first solo album, Drive, debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts.