Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 108
in its possession another famous dia-mond, the Nizam (Fig. 35), a rough diamondweighing 340 carats, and estimated at $930,000. One of the most celebrated diamonds in the CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. 87 world is the Regent or Pitt diamond. Its brilliancyand proportions are considered matchless, and it… … Fig. 36.—The Regent. —a process which reduced it to 137 carats, but thecutting is perfect. The usual account given of this diamond is, thatit was bought at Madras by the grandfather of thefirst Earl of Chatham, when he was commander ofFort St. George; that he paid $60,000 for it, andthat it was…
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