Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 119
was exhibited in this state at theGreat Exhibition of 1851, and was valued at about$700,000. At that time it was merely surface cut, and was also disfigured with several flaws, so that 7 98 PRECIOUS STONES. re-Gutting seemed advisable ; and it was decided togive it the form of the briUiant. The… … Fig. 41.—The Koh-i-noor after being re-cut now the form represented in Fig. 41, its weightbeing reduced to I22J^ 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 brilliancy and…
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