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
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 … Fig. 48.—^The Grand-duke of Tuscany. of an Afghan chief by an Armenian merchantnamed Schafnass, who kept it for twelve years, and CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. 105 then sent it by his brother to Amsterdam, where,after a long negotiation, it was bought by Russiafor $334,800 and a patent of nobility. Russia…
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