Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 127
stria. It weighs 1^9/4 carats. 5H M 1 1 Fig. 49.~The Pasha of Egypt. Egypt possesses a very beautiful brilliant of 40carats, which bears the name of the Pasha ofEgypt. It cost $136,200. In Holland there is a diamond ot 36 carats, esti- io6 PRECIOUS STONES. mated at $48,360; and one in the treasury… … Fig. 50.—The Blue Diamond of Mr. Hope. A precious stone without a rival is the blue dia-mond of Mr. Hope. Its weight is 44^ carats, andits colour is the blue of the most beautiful sapphire,added to an adamantine lustre of the utmost bril-liancy. It was purchased for $83,700, but com-petent judges…
Precious stones · Diamonds · Gems
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from One thousand processes in manufactures and experiments in chemistry / [Colin Mackenzie]. (1825)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/wellcome-wellcome_b29307867-270-7.webp)
![An illustration from Divina proportione : opera a tutti glingegni perspicaci e curiosi necessaria oue ciascun studioso di philosophia: prospettiua pictura sculptura: architectura: musica: e altre mathematice: suavissima: sotile: e admirabile doctrina consequira: e delecterassi: co[n] varie questione de secretissima scientia (1509)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-divinaproportion00paci-48-64.webp)
![An illustration from Divina proportione : opera a tutti glingegni perspicaci e curiosi necessaria oue ciascun studioso di philosophia: prospettiua pictura sculptura: architectura: musica: e altre mathematice: suavissima: sotile: e admirabile doctrina consequira: e delecterassi: co[n] varie questione de secretissima scientia (1509)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-divinaproportion00paci-114-304.webp)
