At 41 carats, the almond-shaped Green Dresden diamond is the largest apple-green diamond known. Of Indian origin, nothing was known of it until Frederick Augustus II of Saxony purchased the diamond at the Leipzig Fair in 1743 for about $150,000.

Set in an elaborate shoulder knot, the Dreden diamond was exhibited with the other Crown Jewels of Saxony in the famous Green Vaults under the Dresden Palace. After World War II, these gems were confiscated by the Russians, but they were returned to Dresden in 1958, and are again on display in the palace.