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Ch. 10: Gem Cutting Engraving

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PRECIOUS STONES.
and, according to the extent of this, the payment is greater or less. If a stone is found to be wanting in any of the lots, the workman has to pay a fine much greater than the value of the stone. As a
brilliant of five hundred to the carat, or still more, a rose of a thousand to the carat, are very small objects, it often happens that they are lost in the course of the manipulations they have to pass through. The floor, and the dust upon it, are then
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