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Ch. 3: Famous Diamonds

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PRECIOUS STONES.
mated at $48,360; and one in the treasury of Dresden that weighs 31-1/4 carats.
A black diamond was sold by M. Bapst to Louis XVIII. for the sum of $4464, but it was never de­livered. Its colour was a very dark brown, and it had a remarkable lustre.
A precious stone without a rival is the blue dia­mond of Mr. Hope. Its weight is 44-1/8 carats, and its colour is the blue of the most beautiful sapphire, added to an adamantine lustre of the utmost bril­liancy. It was purchased for $83,700, but com­petent judges declare that it is worth more.
ENGRAVING UPON THE DIAMOND.
Notwithstanding its wonderful hardness, the dia­mond has been engraved.
In the Paris Exhibition of 1867, in the Italian section, an engraved diamond was exhibited. It
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