Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-08-05

The pigott, was sod 10y lottery, at
the end Of the last century, for Sl5o,-
90. and afterward il was bought 10y
the pasha of Egypt FOR the same price.
1t had been obtained by Rundell
Bridge of London from the lucky
holder Of the lottery ticket for $50
coo chly The NaSsaCk was captured
fro,h the Peishwa of the Mahrattas
~ the marquis OF Hastings and was
afterwards purchased 10y the marquis
of Westminster Mr. Dresden'S Brazil
diamond was found Some twenty years
ago. The African stone of Prof. Ten
nant was offered for sale at $4,000,
The renowned Sancy diamond, suppos-
ed TO have been worn by Charles the
Bold of Burgundy when he was killed
at the battle of Nancy, after passing
through several hands, was sold IN
1865 to Sir Jamsetjee Jebeebhoy OF
Bombay for 100000, James IL, sold
the Sancy 70 Louis XIV. for $4,000,
and the Bombay purchaser seems TO
have made n good bargain.
The most interesting histories are at
tached to the Pitt and the Kohl
moor diamonds The Pitt is 10y far
The most perfect brilliant in existence
and is without a rival in both shape
and water 1t weighed 40 carats in
the rough and was said TO have been
found in 1902 in the mines of Partial,
India, 10y a slave, who hid il in cash
which he cut in the calf of his leg
for the purpose lie ram away from
his master and offered il to a sailor ON
condition that he would assist him TO
escape. The sailor murdered the slave
after getting possession of the stone
and sold it to Jamchund for 5000.
Thomas Pitt, governor of Fort 81.
George. bought it of this Hindoo mer-
chant for $50 900 and had ii cut 1t
took two years to cut the stone and
cost $4,000. Pitt sold it to the duke
of Orleans, regent of France, in lIlI
for SGI5,oOO II was stolen in the reign
of terror and mysteriously restored.
Napoleon /. found it of inestimable
value to him, for, after the eighteenth
Brumaire. by pledglng it to the Dutch,
hc procured the funds which were alb
solutcly necessary for the consolidation
OF his power. Subsequently Ii was re-
deemed and ornamented the hilt OF
the ,emporors sword. The Pitt was
shown mt the Paris exposition.
The antiquity of the koh-i-noor is
very great and it's history is much
better known There is an authentic
record of its capture 10y an Indian
IN, A
the Punjaub in 1850 by the British
government it was stipulated that the
Koh-i-noor should be presented TO the
queen In 1861 it was displayed at the
first worlds fair in London, after
which ii was recut at a cost OF $40
600. Its value is not known. Queen
Nictora's state crown, preserved in tho
tower of London, was made in the
Near 1898 from jewels taken from old
crowns, and contains 1908 precious
stones, namely: One large ruby, ire
gularly polished ! large, broad-spear
sapphire, 1G smaller sapphires, I'll
emeralds, 4 rubies, 1868 brilliant dia-
munds, 147 table diamonds, 1,273 rose
diamonds, drop-shaped pearls and
10 OtDef pearls.
The largest known ruby belongs to
the king of Burmah, and is Of the size
Of Il pigeons egg A fine stone Of four
carats' weight is worth from $1,000
to $4,000, but above this rate they
are very rare and could command
fancy prices The ruby has been most
successfully initiated in paste and
garnets backed by ruby foil, may be
frequently found. The largest sap
phirc is the Wooden Spoonseller which
was found in Bengal by a poor ped
der Of wooden spoons. It, weight is
132 1-1G carats, and it was sold to n
French ieweler for $4,000
So rarely is the emerald perfect that
IAN emerald without flaw has pass
ed into a proverb and fine specimens
of them are worth from 800 to 5000
a carat. The Devonshire is the largest
emerald 1t was purchased by the
duke of Deyonshire from Don Pedro.
II is not cut and is two inches in
diameter, weighing eight ounces and
eighteen pennyweights. All the world
now knows that the beautiful and
pure opal is esteemed unlucky, al
though Queen Victoria of England is
endcavorng to destroy the ridiculous
superstition attached TO this lovely but
frai stone There is an opal of eX-
traordinary size in the museum Of
Vienna for which $4,000 has been
refused The largest pearl known in
the world is now in Russia. It was
brought from India in 1920 and sold
to Philip w Of Spain.