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REMARKABLE DIAMONDS AND GEMS
the republic it was once pawned at Berlin. Napoleon the Great wore it on his sword-hilt.
In 1792 the value of the Pitt was estimated at 12,000,000 francs or 2,200,000 dollars.
A
personal letter was received by the writer from the American Consul,
Robert D. Murphy of France, on January 18, 1938, stating that the
"Regent" diamond was in the jewelry collection at the Louvre Museum in
Paris.
STAR OF SOUTH AFRICA
In
1869 came a confirmation of the existence of diamonds in the locality
where the first one was found by the Jacobs family in 1867, a
confirmation which created much excitement. A diamond weighing over 80
carats was picked up by a native. It has since been named the "Star of
South Africa". As soon as this find was noised abroad, adventurers
flocked to the Vaal and Orange Rivers.
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