Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 120
. It had Fig. 41.—The Koh-i-noor after being re-cut now the form represented in Fig. 41, its weightbeing reduced to 122^ carats. In cutting it someparts were found to be very much harder thanothers. Though so much reduced in weight bythis operation the Koh-i-noor has been much im-proved in… … Fig. 42. — The Pigott. Another well-known diamond is the Pigott, whichwas brought from the Indies by Lord Pigott. Itsweight is 81K carats. It was sold by lottery in1801 for the sum of $139,500. Later it became theproperty of the Pasha of Egypt, who paid for it anequal sum. Fig. 42.
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