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prwtnod* of other crjmtal*.The largeM diamond of which w. have any knowU-Ur** u mentioned by Ta»*m*ir .u in pne wMi'in lt;3 the (Srent Mogul. It weighed ongi naJJy 91 carat*, or 27«i»;» gntina, but •-** rv i duoed by cutting* to *01 gram*. It ha# tin* form and •u* 4 naif • ben a egg. I’ w.u found hi IWI m the mine •! i'olon.- The l*itt or lU'iti'iit diamond weigh* but 196 t.1 earat*, or I grain# ; boi uofunbl«nu*b»d transparency ] and color. It went in the form of i brilliant. : runl u estimated at The Rohioooiintvuured. I'ti iu arrival in England. about 1; lochm in itn greateat diameter, over | of in iucu iu thickncM. and weighed 1*6 I oi carat*. and: waa cut with many tacrta. It ha» ainrc been reriit, ami reduced U» a diameter of I 7-16th- by ; I# nearly, ami thiu dluiiiii-hed over (-nc third in weight. It {• euppoud by Mr Tennant to i ha*r titrii originally a dodecahedron, and he Mlggwta that lb* gr...i ltuwu.n diamond andanother large alab weighing 13 carabt w«*cr actually cut fiuoi the original d'alirahednm j Tavvrnter give* ilie original weight at TmTJ oarmU The Hajah of Mitton haa in hi*•ion a diamond from Borneo, weighing M7 lt;\trat* The minen of Bran I were nlt;H inown to afford ' diamond* (ill the OOmaMOMOMAl of tlie 1 »th century('■dories diamond* arc in general moat highly -•ttcined When cut and pulbhcd, a diamond ( of the purwit water in England, weighing one carat i* valued it /I* , and the value of otben ia mJi'ulaUd by multiplying the a.iuare of tlie weight in carat* by I i except for thov rtreed mg » ranila, the value ,.f which liHrauM at n much more rated rate. Thu rulr ia reared)' re ' gardvd in market, a* the atandord «.f punty and taafr* for diffon-l.t count rim differ*, and the ehghte*t In gr of rador affect* greatly the rummerri.il i III no i. an ....
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Toowoomba Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser
Toowoomba, Queensland, AU
Wed, Oct 23, 1872
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