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also mentions as belonging to the Portuguese crown two other diamonds,
rough, of great beauty ; the one weighing 215 carats, the other a
little less. Both were found in the river Abaytè, to the east of the
district of Minas Geraes, by three men banished into the interior.
Besides these he notices two nearly perfect octahedrons, of 134 and 120
carats each. And to conclude, the state-waistcoat of Joseph I. had
twenty buttons, each a single diamond worth 5000l
The
largest known Emerald is the Devonshire, two inches in diameter, and of
the finest colour : not cut. It came from the Muzo mine, Santa Fé di Bogota, and was purchased by the Duke from Dom Pedro.
The largest Sapphire has got its name, " The Wooden-
