英國國王權杖上的粉紅色球球是什麼材質？

01-07

下面的大鑽石很出名是庫里南鑽石，其他寶石也可以大概猜出是鑽石，祖母綠，紅寶石，藍寶石，但是那個庫里南上面的粉紅色球形到底是個啥啊，要是粉鑽不可能毫無名氣，粉色藍寶石嗎？這麼大！粉藍寶也不應該百度不到吧？它可是鑲嵌在庫里南上面，到底是什麼寶石呢？

謝邀，在庫里南上面的那顆紫紅色的球球是顆紫水晶。

全文介紹：

The sceptre comprises a gold rod, formed in three sections, with enamelled collars at the intersections, surmounted by an enamelled heart-shaped structure, which holds a huge drop-shaped diamond, Cullinan I, or the Star of Africa, weighing 530.2 carats. This structure is surmounted by enamelled brackets mounted with step-cut emeralds, and by a faceted amethyst monde, set with table and rose-cut diamonds, rubies, spinels and emeralds, with a cross above set with further diamonds, with a table-cut diamond on the front, and an emerald on the reverse. Beneath the Cullinan diamond are further enamelled brackets, representing a crown, mounted with rubies and diamonds. The pommel of the sceptre is enamelled and mounted with rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds. The sceptre represents the sovereign"s temporal power and is associated with good governance. During the coronation service the new sovereign is first anointed with holy oil, then robed in coronation robes, and then invested with a number of ornaments symbolising the chivalric nature of kingship. These include the spurs, swords and armills, followed by the orb, a ring and then the sceptres. The sovereign is presented with two sceptres - this one surmounted by a cross and another surmounted by a dove (which represents the Holy Ghost). After the investiture the sovereign is then crowned. The sceptre was originally made for Charles II, but has undergone a number of alterations, particularly in 1820 for the coronation of George IV, when an enamelled rose, thistle and shamrock were all added to the monde. The major alteration was made in 1910, when the sceptre was altered to receive the great Cullinan diamond. The structure which holds the diamond is hinged so that the stone may be removed and worn separately, although this has been done rarely. The sceptre also had to be reinforced as the weight of the diamond is so large. Cullinan I, which is mounted in the sceptre, is the largest stone cut from the great Cullinan Diamond, the largest diamond ever discovered. It was found in 1905 by Frederick G.S. Wells, at the Premier Mine, about twenty miles from Pretoria in South Africa. The stone, which weighed 3,025 carats, was named after Thomas Cullinan, the Chairman of the Premier (Transvaal) Diamond Mining Company. The diamond was presented to Edward VII in 1907 as a symbolic gesture to heal the rift between Britain and South Africa after the Boer War. It was formally handed over to the King on his birthday, 9 November 1907, at Sandringham. The stone was cut by Asschers of Amsterdam. Nine large stones were cut from the original diamond. The cutting and polishing took three men eight months to complete. A further 97 small brilliants and some unpolished fragments were also created. The largest cleaving of the stone, Cullinan I, the Star of Africa, was placed in the Sovereign"s Sceptre, in 1910. It remains the largest colourless cut diamond in the world.

（引用英國皇家收藏基金會官網，地址：Sir Robert Viner, 1st Baronet (1631-88) - The Sovereigns Sceptre with Cross，要對英國皇室搜藏品有興趣的話，直接上這個網站翻就成了，不過有些慢，HTTPS有時候連接超時，但可以直接訪問。各種高清大圖之類的讓你看到爽，但是如果引用到別處的話請注意轉載版權問題。）

另外K君給的Wiki資料里說這個紫水晶是拼合的...我和他持同樣態度，沒見到比較權威的消息來源前，是否拼合先存疑好了。

畢竟皇家基金會官方沒說，而Wikipedia那條目下面References竟然瘋狂的170多條，粗略的看了下有關的網站，看過的似乎都沒說，一些實體書引用實在沒心力找，甚至有些竟然是幾十年前出版的書，找都沒地方找去。

所以，嘛，我也挺懶的...╮(╯_╰)╭

多謝題主補充圖片。

雖然問之前已經知道題主想問的是哪個東西，可是本著「能偷懶就偷懶抖個機靈就跑」的基本原則本妄圖靠看圖片簡單判斷一下的。不過今晚不知腦子搭錯了哪根筋(八成是因為餓的)突然就有種想深究一番的衝動了。

首先，這根每年都要被萌萌噠的英女王拿出來秀秀的權杖乃是英國皇室的權力象徵。相信大多數珠寶相關的同行甚至非同行都知道的一件事就是――權杖上那顆碩大無比的玻……啊不…鑽石！就是大名鼎鼎的「庫里南I號」(Cullinan)。可除此之外權杖上的其他寶石又是些什麼，恐怕就只有題主這般腦洞巨大的好奇寶寶才會關心一下了。

偏偏我今晚真是很有閑功夫，於是以下是較真的結果……

這權杖的英文全名叫作「Head of the Sovereign"s Sceptre with Cross」

以下是這貨在Wikipedia上的詳細介紹:

我知道這麼簡單的英文對於過了4，6級的各位來說毫無問題！

所以我就只回答一下題主的問題，文中所出現的各種寶石中，數量為「1」的寶石只有一種，叫「composite amethyst」。「Amethyst」好理解，這是紫水晶。可是「composite」這個意為「聚合，混合」的單詞要如何理解呢？

寶石學中，如果一個東西是人造(人工合成)的話，用到的形容應該是「synthetic」。而這個「composite」所指的其實有兩種含義。一是一種混合鑲嵌方式，也就是把一堆小鑽鑲在一起使其看起來像一顆大鑽的鑲法(通常也叫N圍一);另一種含義則是拼合寶石，也就是用膠水或者其他方式將小塊的寶石粘在一起成為一個整體，權杖上的這顆紫水晶大概是屬於後者這種情況吧。(雖然我也很疑惑紫水晶這種產量巨大的東西找一塊來磨個球不是分分鐘的事么還用拼合？)

簡單回答完畢。至於剩下的內容……就交給大家自行閱讀理解吧。

還有如果有朋友認為拿Wikipedia當reference不夠嚴謹的話，我在此表示深深的歉意，並……眼神堅定地決定偷懶到底。

我才懶得翻文獻勒！略略略略略～～～

我是來BB一下紫水晶的問題的，大家可能覺得這東東產量那麼大，怎麼可能爬上權杖這種高大上的場合，還是拼合的。。。

事實上紫水晶祖上也闊過，在巴西發現海量的紫水晶儲量之前，在歐洲傳統上，紫水晶是和紅藍寶石（紅尖晶），鑽石，祖母綠齊名的極為稀有和貴重的寶石。

伊甸碎片