Anne visits the National Museum of Natural History

The most famous diamond in the world.

Anne started her adventure at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, in Washington, D.C.  This is Anne with the Hope Diamond.  It is also known as Le Bijou du Roi which is the King's Jewel in French.   It is sized at 45.52 - carats.  A carat is a unit used to measure the mass of gemstones and pearls.  It is a Deep Blue Diamond.  The Diamond gets its Deep blue color from boron if the Diamond is exposed to ultraviolet light it has a red glow.  Anne thinks it is beautiful and thinks it is sad that it is too big for her to wear.

This picture was taken in the Smithsonian fossil collection.  At first Anne thought the dinosaurs were alive, and she screamed, "AAAAHHHH!"  But then she found out that these are fossils, and that dinosaurs are extinct.  Then she learned that the museum has a huge collection of dinosaurs of all sizes.  The first dinosaurs were small and then over time became the largest creatures on earth.  The National Museum of Natural History website has a lot more information, like virtual tours, dinosaur information and the tree of life activity.