Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 140
the slightest trace. In a scientific point of view the balas ruby doesnot differ from the spinel ; and many special worksconfound the two completely. But in commercethe stone called Balas has a value very much belowthat of the spinel. CELEBRATED RUBIES. IIÇ In the inventory of the crown jewels of… … Fig. 54.—King of Persias Ruby, Tavernier gives a figure of another celebratedruby in the possession of the King of Persia: it isreproduced in Fig. 54. Its weight was 175 carats. A third, belonging to the King of Visapur, hadthe figure and dimensions of Fig. 55. It was cut,as will be seen, en…
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