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THE BRAZILIAN.
An Unauthorized Title—The Rough Diamond mentioned by Mawe.
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have given this vague title to a stone of which our knowledge is no
less vague. All that seems to be known regarding it is conveyed in the
subjoined brief
notice occurring at p. 46 of Mawe's often quoted
book:—
" An individual lately received a rough diamond
from Brazil, above 90 carats, which, when formed
into a brilliant, weighed nearly 32 carats ; it cost £200
in workmanship."
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