The wife chose the emerald, and the diamond went on to be acquired by Elizabeth Taylor and subsequently known as Taylor-Burton Diamond.

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She also somehow got her husbands to buy her some of the rarest and most expensive jewelry in the world, including the 33 karat Krupp Diamond, the 69 karat Taylor-Burton Diamond, and the La Peregrina Pearl, once owned by Queen Mary I.

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The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond (also known as the Burton-Taylor Diamond).

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