Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. . Fig. 44.—The Orlow. Among the large diamonds in Russia the mostremarkable is the Orlow. It weighs 193 has, as is shown by Fig. 44, the form of a halfegg. It is one of the ornaments of the imperialsceptre. This beautiful diamond was originally from formed for a century and a half one of the eyes. î^g- 45-—Surface of Roses compared to their Weight. CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. IO3 of the famous idol of Serringham in the temple ofBrahma ; the other eye was a diamond of the sameorder. At the commencement of the eighteenth cent
Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. . Fig. 44.—The Orlow. Among the large diamonds in Russia the mostremarkable is the Orlow. It weighs 193 has, as is shown by Fig. 44, the form of a halfegg. It is one of the ornaments of the imperialsceptre. This beautiful diamond was originally from formed for a century and a half one of the eyes. î^g- 45-—Surface of Roses compared to their Weight. CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. IO3 of the famous idol of Serringham in the temple ofBrahma ; the other eye was a diamond of the sameorder. At the commencement of the eighteenth centurythe idea seized a French soldier of one of the Frenchgarrisons in India to steal the eyes of this cele-brated idol. He pretended to be inspired with awonderful zeal for the Hindu religion, and gainedto that degree the confidence of the priests that
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