A popular treatise on gems, in reference to their scientific value; a guide for the teacher of natural sciences, the jeweller, and amateur: together with a description of the elements of mineralogy, and all ornamental and architectural materials .. (1859)
Feuchtwanger, Lewis. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton & company · leaf 462
ons of francs. No. 2.—The Orlow, the great Eussian Diamond, weighs 195carats, and is the size of a pigeons egg: cost two millions of francsand a pension of one hundred thousand francs.* No. 3.—The table Diamond of Tavernier, weighing 242^ carats. 4c.—The Poiar Star, weighing 40 carats. 5.—The Shah,…
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