Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

Matan Diamond

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_14008

a blue, reported to be pear-shaped, or intended egg-shape of 367 cts. Found on the Island Borneo ca. nineteenth century. It belonged to the Sultan of Matan. Some investigators believe that it was actually quartz crystal. Also spelled  Mattan,  Matam,  Rajah of Matan, and  Mattam Diamond.

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