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Famous Pearls. 291
that part of the river which flows near the domain of Gwydir.
The Arabian Pearl, 1689.
Aceph Ben Ali, prince of Nolenna, Arabia, possessed a Pearl to which
Tavernier awards the palm for perfection in beauty, but not in
magnitude. Its weight was only I2-1/16 carats, 48-1/4 grains, so that
many others far surpassed it in that respect. But such was the fame of
its perfection that £140,000 is said to have been offered in vain for
it by Aurungzeb.
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La Pellegrina, 1830.
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is in the Zosima Museum at Moscow, a Pearl of exceptional beauty, which
has been called " La Pellegrina," and is sometimes confounded with " La
Peregrina" already described. It is said that the Moscow Pearl was
purchased by Zosima in the early part of this century from the captain
of an Indian ship, at Leghorn, in Italy. The Pearl weighs about 90
grains, and is described as being perfectly spherical and of surpassing
lustre.
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The Hope Pearl, 1839.
In the collection formed by the late Mr. Henry Philip Hope, and
arranged by Hertz, were several Pearls of unusual magnitude and beauty.
The largest
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