The North British Review volume 17 18
The North British Review volume 17 18
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It is surrounded with other fine brilliants, and neatly mounted in a large sevignee. Its value is estimated at 90, 000.
The discovery of the Abaethe diamond in Brazil has been already mentioned. Mr. Mawe in one place says, that its weight was nearly an ounce Troy, and in another seven- eighths of an ounce, (105 carats, ) and yet he states in the same paragraph what is en- tirely inconsistent with this weight, that it " is perhaps the largest diamond in the world. " In his Treatise on Diamonds, ...pub- lished eleven years afterwards, he repeats the statement of its being in the rough near- ly an ounce Troy in weight. This diamond is not even mentioned by Mr. Murray ; but he describes another diamond under the same name of the Abaethe diamond, and connects with its discovery the very same story of the three convicts which Mr. Mawe tells in reference to the diamond of an ounce Troy. Mr. Murray describes it as the larg- est in the world the size of an ostrich egg, and weighing 1680 carats! Rome de L'Isle in his Treatise on Crystallographie, publish- ed in 1783, says, that "the most extraordi- nary stone which has been obtained from tho mines of Brazil is a diamond (some pretend that it is a white topaz) which the present king of Portugal possesses, and which weighs 1680 carats, (c'esta dire onze ances, cinq gros, vingt quatre grains.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is surrounded with other fine brilliants, and neatly mounted in a large sevignee. Its value is estimated at 90, 000.
The discovery of the Abaethe diamond in Brazil has been already mentioned. Mr. Mawe in one place says, that its weight was nearly an ounce Troy, and in another seven- eighths of an ounce, (105 carats, ) and yet he states in the same paragraph what is en- tirely inconsistent with this weight, that it " is perhaps the largest diamond in the world. " In his Treatise on Diamonds, ...pub- lished eleven years afterwards, he repeats the statement of its being in the rough near- ly an ounce Troy in weight. This diamond is not even mentioned by Mr. Murray ; but he describes another diamond under the same name of the Abaethe diamond, and connects with its discovery the very same story of the three convicts which Mr. Mawe tells in reference to the diamond of an ounce Troy. Mr. Murray describes it as the larg- est in the world the size of an ostrich egg, and weighing 1680 carats! Rome de L'Isle in his Treatise on Crystallographie, publish- ed in 1783, says, that "the most extraordi- nary stone which has been obtained from tho mines of Brazil is a diamond (some pretend that it is a white topaz) which the present king of Portugal possesses, and which weighs 1680 carats, (c'esta dire onze ances, cinq gros, vingt quatre grains.
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