The Nevada journal., 1861-04-19
ABOUT DIAMONDS.


worth of diamonds. He has just publish
ed a catalogue of his diamonds, and in the
appendix there is notice of the most cele-
brated diamonds in the world This cata-
logue numbers not lsss than 268 quarto
pages. 1t gives, with great detail, list of
his white transparent, first-whito, second
white, steel-white, blue-white. light-blue,
black-blue, light-yellow, bright-yelow, am
ber-yellow, straw, champagne, deep-rose,
rosy, light rose, opalescent. pomegranate,
violet, greenish, green, sea-grcen, brown,
light-brown, deep-brown, dusk black,
opaque-black, London fog, sandy, frosty,
black-spotted cracked, split, scratched, i'll
cut, square, round, oval, oblong, octason,
pointed, pigeon-eyed, almond, Chinese-eyed
diamonds. 1t relates how this once adorn-
ed Turkish sabre, that,a royal diadcm.
another nm imperial collar, third Grand
Electoral hat this black diamond was an
idols eye, that brilliant rosy diamond was
taken from the Emperor Barber, at Agra,
in 1926, Gt weighs al carats, and is worth
soc, 6,o00) those were the wastcoat buttons
of the Emperor Don Pedro this diamond
ring, with the Stuart coat of arms and the
cypher an. S." belonged to Mary, Queen
of Scots; that pair of earrings once
hung On Marie Antoinette. The Duke of
Brunswick has in his possession fifteen of
the ninety known diamonds, weighing thir-
ty-six carats, but he has not diamond
worth $4,000 He has plenty of dia-
monds worth $4,000, $50, 900 and S45, 900
apiece; he has two worth $50, 900 each,
one worth $4,000, and one worth $50. 900 {:
but he has not one worth 100000 He is
in treaty now for two diamonds, one of
which is worth S232,00 and the other
! S650,00 and which rank in the order of
precedence established BY adamatbulogists,
in the sixth rank, which is next after the
Regents diamond, and the former is the
eighth rank, that is, next after the Orloff
diamond of Russia. In his list of celebra-
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brilliant white diamond, weighing go
carats, and belonging to some East Indian
Prince, and worth S2,50O,0O0: next comes
the Khoinoor, which weighs 1856 carats, and
which he sets down rs worth 81 ,1s3, $40
next comes the Rajah Of Mataros (Borneo)
diamond, it is the most beautiful water
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tered the Rajah Sl5o,ooo, two brigs Of war,
armed, equipped, and provisoncd for six
months, aud large quantity of cannon
balls, powder and congreve rockets the
Rajah refused them ALL and preferred keep
ing his diamond, which passes for tails
man; it is worth 1889, ,4j5. Next comes
the Great Mogul, which is of beautiful
rose color, and Of the shape and size OF
n hens egg it is worth S7s4 200. accord
ing to the Duke of Brunswick S valuation
though Tayerner, the traveller, sets 1t down
as being worth 50, ,344 ,6s5; the Regent
diamond of Francc-and which, by the
way, belonged to Lord Chatham's father
who brought it from India, concealed in
the heel of his shoe-comes only in the
fifth rank it weighs l46I carats, tits worth
$739 $40; it is the purest diamond; it re-
qured two years to cut it; before it was
cut it weighed 41O carats the chippings Of
it were sold for $4,000. The Duke OF
Brunswick says the Grloff diamond of Rus
sia is worth only S44, ,379, and not S1,5l6-
$50, as some persons have pretended and
says the Sancy diamond, which Prince Paul
Demidof purchased at the price of $500
600, is worth only S29, ,l6O; but then the
Duke of Brunswick reckons its historical
value as nothing, although it once adorned
the sword of Charles the Bold, was found
after his death on the battlefield of Sancy
was sold in Switzerland, carried to Portu.
gal and there sold, belonged to King Anto-
MIA. to Henry III, was swallowed by a
noble to whom he confided it-swallowed
by the faithful noble rather than deliver
it to robbers, and was found in bis body,
which was disinterred for the purpose OF
discovering it. The Duke of Brunswick
dares not leave Paris at any season of the
year, his diamonds keep him chained there.
He dares not sleep from home single night
Then, he lives in house constructed not
so much for comfort as security. 1t is bur
glar-proof, surrounded on every side by a
high wall the wall itselfis surmounsed by
a lofty iron railing, defended by innumera-
bic sharp spear heads, which are 50 COR
trived that if any person touches airy one
Of them, chime of bells begin instantly
to ring an alarm; this iron railing cost
him S14,127 He keeps his diamonds in a
safe, built in a thick wall his bed is plac-
ed against it, that no burglar may break
into it without killing, or at least waking
him, and that lie may amuse himself with
them without leaving his bed. This safe is
lined with granite and iron; the locks
have secret which must be known before
tncy can be opened; if they are opened by
violence, discharge of firearms takes place
which will inevitably kill the burglar, and
at the same time chime of bells in every
room in the house is set ringing. He has
bu. one window in his bedroom; the sash
is OF the stoutest iron, the shutters are Of
thick sheet iron. Tile ceiling OF ais room