Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . tthan that of any other gem, for the reason thatnature produces so many small. The only reli-able mode is to count by carats, as in other gems,saying $1 per carat of 4 grains. This makes 1ounce contain 6150 worth; and as the pearlsgrow smaller, so must the price decrease. Thegeneral standard for large pearls is $510 per car-at for the pearl of one carat, increasing the sameas in diamond valuation, by the multiplicationof its own cube; as, for instance, a pearl of 2carats would be 2 X 2 X $1G=6G4; one of 3 car-ats is worth $144; an
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . tthan that of any other gem, for the reason thatnature produces so many small. The only reli-able mode is to count by carats, as in other gems,saying $1 per carat of 4 grains. This makes 1ounce contain 6150 worth; and as the pearlsgrow smaller, so must the price decrease. Thegeneral standard for large pearls is $510 per car-at for the pearl of one carat, increasing the sameas in diamond valuation, by the multiplicationof its own cube; as, for instance, a pearl of 2carats would be 2 X 2 X $1G=6G4; one of 3 car-ats is worth $144; and so through every size. Tavcrnier speaks of some pearls of remarkablesize. The first of these was of a perfect pearshape, about one and three-quarter inches inlength by one and a quarter in diameter. It 772 HAEPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. was found at Catira, on the Arabian coast, in1633, bv an Arab, who sold it to the King ofPersia for 1,400,000 livres ($280,000). It wasperfectly free from any defect; and, if still inexistence, is the largest pearl known. The. GBEAT PEAKL OF THE GREATMOGTJL. THE PEAEL OP THEPEACOCK THEONE. next he describes is the great pearl hangingon the peacocks neck that formed the throneof the Great Mogul. This is about one and aquarter inches in length, and is of pear shape. This pearl must now be amongthe crown jewels of England,as that power long since be-came possessed of the peacockthrone. The third, also ofpear shape, nearly an inch anda half in length by an inch indiameter, and weighing fifty-five carats, was obtained fromthe West Indian fisheries, andcarried by Tavernier himselfto Asia, where he sold it toPEAR-SHAPED PEAKL. Shah-Est-Khau, who was theuncle of the Great fourth is an oval, flattened upon one end;in length about an inch, in diameter aboutthree-quarters. It was the property of theGreat Mogul, and was worn by him, in thecentre drop of a chain of emeralds and rubies.
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