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Ch. 1: Diamonds of India

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dated 1825,* which contains a considerable amount of interesting information in reference to Sambalpur diamonds. The following Table gives the history of the diamonds found between the years 1804 and 1818. The large diamond which fell into the hands of the Mahratta agent weighed 672 grains troy, not 316-2 as I was told by the washers; it is said to have been of the third, or Vasiya, quality. The 84-grain diamond was handed over to the British agent by the finder, in 1818. Its value was stated to be 5,000 rupees.
With regard to the origin of the Sambalpur diamonds, the geological structure of the country leaves but little
* " Medical Topography of the Districts of Chota Nagpur, Serguja and Sambhulpore, Calcutta." 1826.
t According to this Table the Sambalpur Masha = nearly 14 grains troy, and the Rutti a fraction under two grains. D
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