Iranian Crown Jewels spinels are the six surrounding the top of the mace, each weighing 40 carats (8 g). Malecka, A. "The Mystery of the Nur al-Ayn Diamond", in: Gems & Jewellery: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain vol. 23, no. 6, July 2014, pp. 20–22. https://issuu.com/jeweller/docs/jeweller_g_j__sept_2014_/58 Malecka, A. "Daryā-ye Nur: History and Myth of a Crown Jewel of Iran", Iranian Studies vol. 51 (2018), https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00210862.2017.1362952 Meen, V.B, Tushingham, A.D. Crown jewels of Iran, Toronto 1968. Iranian Crown Jewels The Iranian National Jewels (), originally the Iranian Crown Jewels (), include elaborate crowns, thirty tiaras, and numerous aigrettes, a dozen bejeweled swords and
Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom such as the Koh-i-Noor and Cullinan diamonds, were sealed in a biscuit tin and hidden beneath a sally port, allowing them to be recovered swiftly. After the war, the Jewels were kept in a vault at the Bank of England for two years while the Jewel House was repaired as the Tower had been struck by a bomb. In 1953, St Edward's Crown was placed on the head of Queen Elizabeth II in what is now the only ceremony of its kind in Europe. Today, 140 objects make up the Crown Jewels, which are permanently set with 23,578 precious and