Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 160
urs a very remark-able gem. Caire mentions an aquamarine which he hadseen in London that weighed when cut 250 carats,and was valued by its possessor at $465. ENGRAVING UPON AQUAMARINE. 139 In 1827, in the town of Mouzinskaia in Russia, asuperb specimen of aquamarine was found, valued,we are… … Fig. 66.—Julia, daughter of Titus. collection of the National Library of France. It isthe head of Julia, the daughter of Titus, and issigned by the artist Evodus. It was mounted ori-ginally with sapphires and pearls, and formed partof the decorations of a reliquary belonging to theabbey of St.…
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