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Ch. 10: Remarkable Diamonds

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THE BOOK OF DIAMONDS
origin is uncertain; according to one account, it was stolen from a Brahman temple of India, while another indicates that it was owned by Nadir, Shah of Persia, and after his death came into the hands of an Armenian merchant. In 1772 it was purchased by the Empress Catharine II of Russia at a price said to have been 450,000 rubles, besides
an annuity of 4,000 rubles and a Russian title. It is among the Russian crown jewels. In every respect the Orloff is the most remarkable of the great Russian Diamonds. It forms the chief ornament in the Imperial scepter. From this cir­cumstance it is sometimes called the "Scepter" diamond. In size it ranks first among the European gems; in beauty it yields only to the "Regent" while for romantic interest it 86
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