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Ch. 3: Famous Diamonds

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PRECIOUS STONES.
re-cutting seemed advisable; and it was decided to give it the form of the brilliant. The cutting was begun on July 16, 1852—the Duke of Wellington being the first person to place it on the cutting mill—and was finished Sept. 7, thus occupying in all thirty-eight days of twelve hours each. It had
now the form represented in Fig. 41, its weight being reduced to 122-3/4 carats. In cutting it some
parts were found to be very much harder than others. Though so much reduced in weight by this operation the Koh-i-noor has been much im­proved in brilliancy and effect.
Besides the Koh-i-noor, and a great number of
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