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THE AUSTRIAN YELLOW DIAMOND.
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HE subject of this
article is, as its name sets forth, a diamond of a yellow hue. After
the Orloff it is the largest cut diamond in Europe, weighing one
hundred and thirty-nine and a half carats. Tavernier, who first
mentions it, says " it has a tinge of yellow which is a pity." King
declares, " on the highest authority," which he does not further
particularize, that this tinge is a very strong one, almost destroying
its brilliancy.
Yellow
diamonds are not necessarily devoid of brilliancy, as we can bear
witness from personal knowledge. There was recently offered for sale
at a public auction in London a very large specimen known as the Orange
Diamond, of one hundred and ten carats weight, which we
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