THE NASSAK DIAMOND
A Fifth avenue jeweller, M. Mauboussm, announces that he is about to exhibit in his shop window the Nassak diamond, which originally—£o legend says— served as a glittering eye for tho Indian god Siva (says t!:? Now York correspondent of tho "Daily Mail"). It was brought to England by Warren Hastings.' Iho prico paid for it to tho Duke of Westminster, its owner, is not mentioned. Tho stouo was valued in 1911 at about £30,000, but its present owner sets the value at not less than £80,003, because of tho increased value of diamonds and tho romantic! history of tho stone. The weight of the Nassak diamond is given in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" as 78J carats. Tho weight of the famous Koh-l-noor (now in tho British crown) is now (after having been cut) 106 1-16 carats. Tlio Regent or Pitt diamond weighs 136Jtarats, while "The Nizam," another famous. Indian diamond, is supposed to weiffh 277 carats.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 12
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159THE NASSAK DIAMOND Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 137, 14 June 1927, Page 12
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