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Ch. 3: Famous Diamonds

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PRECIOUS STONES.
Another beautiful Russian diamond is called the Shah: it belonged once to the ancient monarchs of
Persia. It is of very excellent water, and weighs 95 carats. Fig. 46 shows the peculiar form of this beautiful stone.
The third great Russian diamond is the " Moon of the Mountain." It was bought for 50,000 piastres
of an Afghan chief by an Armenian merchant named Schafnass, who kept it for twelve years, and
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