subject: Blue Diamonds - Interesting Facts [print this page] The Idol's Eye is the largest known blue diamond and it weighs 70 carats. Legends tell that it was set as the eye to a large sculpture in a temple in Libya, and that appararently is how it was named. The diamond was taken during WW2 and afterwards was sold to May Stanton, a wealthy American. It is said that Mrs. Stanton lived alone in a mansion, and wore her blue diamond every day for breakfast. The blue diamond was so beloved to her that she didn't want to be parted from it.
