purchase
of the Blue Diamond ? It seems the fate of this stone to come from out
of the Unknown in a mysterious fashion. We shall meet it, appearing
suddenly and without a history.
Tavernier
gives three drawings of this Blue Diamond, which was, he said, clear
and of a lovely violet hue, and its weight in the rough was one
hundred
and twelve and one quarter carats. There is no other example of a blue
diamond of this deep tint known — a fact which went far to establish
the identity of the Blue Diamond in aftertimes. Diamonds of all the
colors which belong of right to other precious stones are occasionally
found. Thus they are red, green, yellow, and blue. The first and last
named tints being the rarest, while the yellow is de-
