The Diamond	57
	anniversary of the accession of the late Queen Victoria. The Excelsior-Jubilee was discovered in the Jagersfontein mine in the Orange River Colony, June 30, 1893. The lucky Kaffir who discovered it was rewarded with about $2500 in money, and a horse equipped with a saddle and bridle. The rough stone weighed 971% carats, measured two and one-half inches in length, two inches in breadth, and one inch in thick­ness. Like the Cullinan Diamond, its predeces­sor had a fault that prevented its becoming a single gem; this was a black spot in the centre which made it necessary to cleave it, as the Cullinan was cleaved. The larger portion was cut into an absolutely perfect brilliant, weigh­ing 239 international carats of 205 milligrams and measuring one and five-eighths inches in length, one and three-eighths in breadth, and one inch in depth. The Excelsior-Jubilee is a blue-white stone of the purest water and in all its qualities approximates perfection. This dia­mond's predecessor in holding the world's record for weight and size, in the rough, was the " Great Mogul" which is supposed to have weighed 787-1/2 carats. The history of this stone is obscure and so tainted with tradition that the references to it in the various stories of the