Vargas Diamond

The Vargas Diamond, discovered in Brazil on August 13, 1938 (July 1938 according to Ball & Kerr^[2]) by Joaquim Venancio Tiago and Manoel Miguel Domingues, was 726.6 carats (145.32 g) when pulled out of the ground. Twenty-nine smaller diamonds were carved from the larger rough Vargas Diamond including the 48.26-carat (9.652 g) emerald cut diamond named "President Vargas", after the former Brazilian president, Getúlio Vargas.^[3]

The diamond has been in the possession of Harry Winston, a jeweler from New York.^[4]