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Ch. 2: Diamonds

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any diamond; and therefore must be of great service towards forming a right notion oi their value, as it is well known that some rough diamonds must sustain a much greater loss or diminution of weight than others, arising from their peculiar shapes. And to form a true judgment of the value of any rough diamond, the price or value of one of a carat weight, similar to the stone which is to be purchased, determines its value, as in the case of manufactured diamonds. But as it is more difficult to judg-e what a rough
                                 
diamond will prove when cut, than to judge of one manufactured, the buyer, supposing him a merchant, must act with proper pre­caution, and make sufficient allowance to himself, for the uncertainty of the stone answering expectation when wrought. And, if it be a stone of a considerable value, he must allow himself also for the interest of the money he lays out, according to the time he supposes the stone may remain unsold. These precautions are the only means of guarding against the hazards and disadvan­tages that attend dealing in large rough diamonds ; and, by such a conduct, dealers
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