Abaite, and is said to weigh about one hundred and twenty carats.
The Nassak diamond
belongs to the East India Company, and weighs eighty-nine carats. A
beautiful green diamond is shown in the royal collection (griine
gewolbe), weighing forty-eight carats. .
Among
the American diamonds may be mentioned one in the possession of Capt.
Dewey, having been found in Virginia, and a perfect crystal—a
rhomboidal dodecahedron, with curved faces, of greenish-white color,
and perfectly transparent—weighing about twenty-five carats. It
reflects strongly the light, and has a brilliant adamantine lustre.
Smaller diamonds have been found in Alabama, 'three of which belong to
Mr. Barnett Phillips of Philadelphia, weighing one,.two, and three
carats respectively, and likewise perfect octahedrons. In Rutherford
County, North Carolina, a "diamond of one and a half carats was in the
possession of Mr. T. G. Glemson. In Hall County, Georgia, diamonds have
been found several times; in California some diamonds are said to have
been found.
The
black diamond, which has lately been found in Mexico, in the Sierra
Madre, is also attracting the attention of lapidaries, being harder
than any other diamond.
Description of the Crown-Jewels of Queen Victoria I., worn at her Coronation, 28th June, 1838.
The crown in which her majesty'appeared at the ceremony of the coronation was made by Messrs. Rundell & Bridges.
It is exceedingly costly and elegant"; the design is much more tasty
than that of the crown of George IV. and William IV., which has been
broken up. The old crown, made for the former of these monarchs,
weighed upwards of seven pounds, and was much too large for the
