1X4 DIAMOND MINES OF PANNA 



specimens I saw were quite irregular in their crystalline form, appearing 

 as if they had been broken by a violent blow, but they invariably cleave 

 into thin tabular laminae, and as they are generally of a good water, and 

 sell for a low price in comparison with the others, the Pawm jewellers ap- 

 pear to find it more profitable to work them up, by setting them in rings 

 or other ornaments ; their one retti price is twenty rupees, increasing 

 according to weight as above stated. 



4th. JBengala pashmi, Pira and Matta : these are yellowish green, 

 yellow, and clove brown, and their crystalline form is multiform, the price 

 of the one retti gem is fifteen rupees, increasing as above. 



5th. ReJcatberar : this is the rose coloured variety, its crystalline form 

 is also multiform, it is not esteemed, and its single retti price is twelve 

 rupees. 



6th. Kdla, Garas, or Jalidar : the first is black or very dark brown, 

 and the second as its name implies, includes all diamonds that are flawed 

 or appear to continue filaments like a spider s web : these varieties are 

 here termed Kajffiya, or scum, but in England they are called bort, and 

 there they are used in the arts for diamond dust to an extent unknown 

 in this country, their price varies according to the size of the stones : but 

 as they seldom, if ever, exceed one retti weight, the worst kind may be 

 purchased for eight and the best for ten rupees the retti. 



The above list contains the principal names classed according to their 

 relative value, but there are others, apparently founded on fancy alone, a 

 recital of which would embarrass rather than throw light on the subject; 

 the prices also must be considered variable, a purchaser coming suddenly 

 into the market would as infallibly occasion a rise, as a deficiency of 



demand 



