Canadian Jewellers Association · Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co · leaf 1242
The United States inrecent years has becomethe greatest diamond-buying nation on theglobe. For years it ab-sorbed from fifty to sixtyper cent., and during thewar 85 per cent, of theoutpt of the South Afri-can mines, which supply98 per cent, of all thediamonds in the worldmarkets. A recent esti-mate… … A B The Regent, or Pitt (A), weighed 410 carats, and was boughtfor about $120,000 by Pitt. Governor of Madras. The Duke ofOrleans, Regent of France, paid $400,000 for it. It was cut tonearly 137 carats, and was stolen during the Revolution, but wasrecovered, and is still in France. The Kuh-i-Nur…
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