ON THE IDENTITY OF SOME ANCIENT DIAMOND MINES IN INDIA, ESPECIALLY THOSE MENTIONED BY TAVERNIER H AVING recently endeavoured to correlate the diamond deposits of India, I have been surprised to find what a mass of contradiction exists in both Indian and English literature as to the identity of...
Sara was not interested in money, but a story about diamond mines in India was exciting. Nearly everybody was very pleased for Sara, but not Lavinia, of course. 查看中文翻译 … … … >> 网页版功能未完善,完整内容,请使用微信小程序。 第二章: 钻石矿 The diamond mines 微信扫一扫,或者在微信...
The auction house said the diamonds are likely to have been sourced "from the legendary Golconda mines in India." The diamonds from Golconda are still considered to be the purest and most dazzling ever mined. The necklace will be on public display in London until Wednesday before beginning a ...
LVII. On the diamond mines of Southern Indiadoi:10.1080/14786442608674144H.W.VoyseyEsq.Taylor & Francis GroupPhilosophical Magazine Series 1VOYSEY, H.W. (1825) On the diamond mines of southern India. Asiatic Researches, v.15, pp.120.
It was made in 1627 for the wife of an emperor and passed down through generations. It was a gift to Taylor on her 40th birthday. By the 17th century the fabulous diamond mines in Golconda, India, came under control of the Mughal Emperors. They had a fierce passion for collecting ...
Often referred to as “Golconda” diamonds, after one of the first diamond mines discovered in India that supplied the majority of this class, Type IIa stones are the most desirable by collectors. So, what is a Type 2a diamond? Well, they are known for their rarity and exceptional quality...
These diamond mines (mainly found in South Africa, Russia, and Latin America) contain diamonds with several other constituents, referred to as geological ‘plum pudding’. Natural diamonds differ widely in terms of size, shape, color (colorless, blue, yellow, pink, brown, etc.), crystal ...
"Come and sit in the window-seat with me,"Sara went on,"and I'll whisper a story to you." "Will you?"whimpered Lottie."Will you—tell me—about the diamond mines?" "The diamond mines?"broke out Lavinia."Nasty,little spoiled thing,I should like to slap her!" Sara got up ...
Some 121 million carats of diamonds were estimated to have been produced from mines worldwide in 2022. Major producing countries include Russia, Botswana, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Africa. Worldwide reserves of diamonds are estimated at 1.7 billion carats. Russia has...
Information on the early history of the diamond is scarce, but the diamond is believed to have originated in the alluvial diamond mines in Kollur, near Golconda, in Southern India. The Kollur mines were discovered in the mid-16th century around 1540 to1560 A.D. At the time Tavernier visited...