One of the most popular parts of all the Smithsonian Museums in Washington, D.C. is the gem collection in the American Museum of Natural History. This is the 168 carat MacKay Emerald and Diamond Necklace. Here is a short description of the necklace from a website called InternetStones.com.
The Mackay Emerald Necklace gets its name from Mrs. Anna Case Mackay, the owner of the renowned necklace, who donated it to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in 1984. The valuable necklace was given to Mrs. Anna Case Mackay as a wedding gift by her husband Clarence H. Mackay - the American financier who inherited a $500 million estate from his father John W. Mackay, a silver miner turned telegraph mogul - when they got married in 1931.
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