His gemologist, George Frederick Kunz, studied the gem for a year before beginning to cut it, reducing it from 287 carats (57.5g) to its current size.

The task of supervising the cutting of this stone was the responsibility of one George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932), a twenty-three-year-old gemologist who had just joined the firm.

Kunz modified the accepted square antique brilliant cut, bringing the total facets to ninety.

[4] The gem was on loan from Tiffany & Co. to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., from April 18, 2007, until September 23, 2007.

It was worn by Mary Whitehouse at the 1957 Tiffany Ball held in Newport, Rhode Island, mounted for the occasion in a necklace of white diamonds.