that
was regarded as practically valueless, and the original owner sold it
for £30. The buyer did not think enough of it to work it himself, so he
turned it over to one Antoine to work on shares. One day, while
showing a boy working for him just where and how he wanted him to
work, Antoine's pick brought the " July diamond " to light. It is said
that he was so excited over the find that he could not eat for two
days. The stone so unexpectedly turned up, was sold, it is said, for
£6,000, and again for £9,000.
Dr.
George F. Kunz says of the Tiffany diamond: " The Tiffany diamond was
found in the mines of the French company of the old De Beers mine, in
1877. The crystal was a beautiful octahedron weighing 280 carats. It
was cut by a French diamond-cutting company in Paris in 1878 and was
bought, through Mr. Charles Reed, the Paris member of the firm, for
Messrs. Tiffany & Co. in 1879 and imported into the United States;
since then it has been in their possession. It is of a rich canary,
almost orange yellow color, and is believed to be the finest yellow
diamond known. The diamond has 40 facets on the crown, 44 on the
pavilion, 17 on the girdle, a culet and a table; 103 facets in all. It
measures 22 millimeters, 22/25 inches in height; 28.25 millimeters, 1-1/8 inches across; 27 millimeters wide, 1V12 inches across. It was described in Science, Vol. LX, p. 235, August 5, 1887.
"
It was exhibited at the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893 and the
Pan-American Exhibition held at Buffalo in 1901. It is the one jewel
that is not for sale in the house of Tiffany & Co. and has been
shown by them to more people than possibly any other large dia-
