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Ch. 10-B: The Orloff Diamond

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104 THE GREAT DIAMONDS OF THE WORLD.
his royal mistress was dispelled by the brilliant rays of a lover's gift, dazzling enough for Goethe to have made it the pendant that tempted Marguerite.
In every respect the Orloff is the most remark­able of the great Russian diamonds. It forms the chief ornament in the Imperial sceptre. From this circumstance it is sometimes called the " Sceptre " diamond. Its position is immediately beneath the golden eagle, which surmounts the symbol of regal
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