Weighing 84.37 carats, it is said to be the largest brilliant-cut diamond of top quality to ever appear at auction.
Its codebreakers were by and large brilliant mathematicians and computer scientists, but they were not always au courant.
A noteworthy occurrence is at Dundas, Tasmania, known for its large, brilliant orange prismatic crystals of crocoite; of trivial economic importance, crocoite is one of the most highly prized of minerals among collectors and museums.
His family was large, brilliant and extravagantly accomplished -- a hundred-plus cousins and dozens of aunts and uncles, each, in his imagination, with a sort of magus's gift of the mind.
This January, Apple and LG Electronics both unveiled new handsets with large, brilliant touchscreens that work more like mini-computers.
Each arch is below a lovers knot bow each centred with a large brilliant.
The earrings are of typical design, large brilliant followed by a smaller one, with a large pear shaped drop.
A set of gold and diamond earrings consisting of two large brilliant diamonds as the studs, below a smaller brilliant followed by a large pear shaped diamond drop.
The Meander Tiara is in the classical Greek 'key pattern' featuring a large brilliant cut diamond in the centre surrounded by a diamond wreath.
Sotheby's will be offering several impressive specimens, including a large brilliant-yellow pillow-shaped diamond, at its Dec. 11 sale.
There's a slight element of Brian Wilson to the event, in that Clinton's large and brilliant band do much of the heavy funking for him these days.
