Stories About Famous Precious Stones

· 1927

Page. The Regent 14 The Orloff 40 The Koh-i-Nur 83 Koh-i-Nur, as recut 95 Tavernier's Blue Diamond 118 The "Hope Blue" Diamond 119 "Brunswick" Blue Diamond 123 "Hope Blue" Diamond, as mounted 126 The Crown of England 171 The Sanci 183 The Great Mogul 209 The Austrian Yellow 220 Diamond in the rough 229 Diamond after cutting 232 "The Necklace of History" 243 The Tara Brooch 265 St. Patrick's Bell 279 Of all the gems which have served to adorn a crown or deck a beauty the Regent has perhaps had the most remarkable career. Bought, sold, stolen and lost, it has passed through many hands, always however leaving some mark of its passage, so that the historian can follow its devious course with so…

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