Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 125
iamonds; the other could not beforced from the socket. He fled to Madras, wherehe sold the stolen treasure to a captain of theEnglish navy for $9300. Conveyed to England itwas bought for $55,800 by a Jewish merchant,who sometime after sold it to Catherine H. for$418,500, and a pension for life of f… … Fig. 47.—The Polar Star. Persia. It is of very excellent water, and weighs 95carats. Fig. 46 shows the peculiar form of thisbeautiful stone. The third great Russian diamond is the Moonof the Mountain. It was bought for 50,000 piastres
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