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DIAMOND. 
Y Carats are =onh £392 
: 512 
. - - - 612 
10 . - - 800 
20 - 3,200 
30 - - 731205 
40 - - 12,800 
50 < : 20,000 
60 ” 28,800 
40 7 - 39,200 
$o 7 - 51,209 
- 64,800 
100 80,000 
This rule, however, dually ae gocd only in the fmall- 
er diamonds of 20 carats, and ¥ under; t 
a 
erfe diamonds excee ie given in 
i coniyor r of a bad 
colour, fometimcs three quarters of As whole tabular value 
muf be deducted, 
~ e now proceed to enumerate fome of me moft rem 
not the general opinion, both - oj 
mineralogy, pen this fuppofe 
lefs topaz s found in the diamond m 
and is as eos i. oe rough ftate ; it ae 1680 cerate, 
The largeft, therefore, of all the undoubted diamonds, is 
that mentioned by Tavernier, asin the poffeffion of a tag 
ogul ; its weight,. according to the ee author, (who him- 
_ weighed it;) is 274% carats: its form and fize are equal 
o about half ahen’s egg. It was ads in the mire of 
Colore, to thé eaft of Golconda, about the year 1550. 
The nextin fize is a Brazilian diamond, in poffeffion of 
the king of Portugal, weighing 215 carats, and of fingu- 
lar b oe 
An oriental pee setae d belonging to one of the Per- 
fian lan, and oa efent in poficflion of the emperor of Ruf- 
fia, acer it is without flaws or faults of any 
It was purchafed by the late 
an annuity of about 
flattened ovoid, and it is about te ‘fize of a pigeon’s egg. 
mong the oo pee 
Pitt, or at diamond ;_ whic 
lory. It 
cut in the form of abrilliant, and is abfolutely faultlefs ; it 
weighe 1305 carats, and was purchafed for = 100, pa 
s were much more rare, and o urfe dear 
before 1 ne difcovery of the Brazilian mines se ie fubance 
Ri 
In the 
vereigns of Europe, ra&t of 
@ curious caventony ‘of the crown diamonds of France, pre- 
Weight 
in Carats. 
LA ere diamond, called Le 
354 
2A fd cut in n facets, allel 
Le Sancy, perfe& in luftre 
and tranfparency - Lene 
3 mond cut in facets - 28,5, 
4. A brilliant diamond . 2612 
er as er of a 
each-bloffom colour - 24i3 
: Le Miroir de Portugal - ane 
3 
A Pieris pescinepee dia- 
CO 9 ID & 
~A 
A colourlefs olive-fhaped diamond 1833 
lo. A ith brilliant, flawe es 
tr. A pale wine-coloured aa 18. 
12. A fteel-coloured brillian 17s 
13. A brilliant, cloudy 17 
14. Le dizieme apie Sioudy 16 
15. Apeach om.-coloure d brilliant 1434 
16. A pelea brillian 14ts 
17. A peach - om-coloured brilliant rs 
18. A brillian gre 
19. A br ownith brilliant - aA 
20. A yellowifh brilliant - rig 
21%. A brownifh brillian ae . - Mts 
2%. A yellowifh brillian us 
23. A peach-bloffom cloud brilliant 5 
24. A pale blue brillian 
lian 
27.45 oe weight ose 
28. 54 brillseee weighing froin five 
to lefs than ten carats each 
29. 224 irae weighing see one 
to lefs t € carats e 
30. a fmall diamonds, weighing 
W 
a Gano. chiefly rofe ‘ia 
monds, and 4 
Royal State Drefs, Parure blanche. 
32. _ weighing from two 
ae =n 103 
ix) 
wn 
34. Epaulette, 12 *prilliants fom 3 
to 19 carats each, 
35. Croix du cies, 6 large bril- 
liants, and 143 {maller 
Parure de Couleur. 
36. Arsich fky-blue brilliant - 67% 
37. A pale blue brilliant 312z 
36. Croix du cordon, 13 ee bril- 
hants, 
302 
39. Epaulette, 9 ge briliants, 
197 {maller 
2014 
vole- solouied plat. fcgcd 20 12 
fented to the National Affembly by a commiffion of jewellers, 
appointed for that purpofe in the year 1791. 
Eftimated Value 
in Livres. 
12,000,000 
1,000,000 
250,000 
150,000 
200,000° 
250,000 
30,000: 
833,000 
756,006 
332,700 
97,223 
82,700 
413,008 
324,000 
306,000 
200,000 
3,000,000 
300,000 
10,000 
4.73000 
40. Epée 
