Travel with Angela Lansbury: See The Unseen Magen Hidden In A Diamond & Seals of Solomon/ Stars of David/ 6 Point Stars Worldwide

Vies Diam, whose offices include one office in Mumbai, travelling worldwide to the jewellery and Gem show in Singapore in September 2022.

What a surprise! A six point star inside a diamond. Magen is shield, Hebrew for shield. (Also German for stomach.) But translated into English it becomes simply the star of David. A six point star is called a hexagram in Greek, a sexagram in Latin.

Jewish people call the six point star the star of David. As used on the Israeli flag. Moslems call it the shield of Solomon. I researched the Jews of Singapore for a project on religions for a group of Friends of The Museum in Singapore. My extensive searches into symbolism produced the theory that the six point star pre-dates even Judaism and goes back to a time when it was an amulet thought to trap evil or the devil inside the six points.

The diamond is quite small. With the aid of magnifying glass, set up above it, you can see the six point star, as shown on their billboard.

I asked the people on their stand,

'Is it for sale?'

'Yes, of course. We are diamond sellers.'

'Did you create it?' I asked, thinking perhaps it was a sandwich.

'No, we found it. It has occurred naturally. We had lots of diamonds and were checking them all out and were surprised to see this.'

'Does it occur, naturally, often?'

'No. We had never seen one like it before. It's unique!'

I checked the GIA which is a trade journal. They did an analysis of the diamond and the inclusions. Yes, it

is a genuine pattern of inclusions, according to the analysis. Apparently, lines made up of a series of dots are quite frequent. You turn the diamond to see the combination of lines from different angles, then cut it to show the best view of the inclusion, or to remove the inclusion?

I wondered who would buy it, at the right price? Maybe the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Useful Websites

https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/fall-2021-microworld-diamond-octahedral-inclusion

https://www.instagram.com/vies_diam/?hl=en

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_inclusions

Jewellery & Gem Fairs Worldwide (Mostly trade only)

Turkey - Istanbul

6-9 October 2022

16-19 March 2023

Middle East

Bahrain

22-26 November 2022