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| | About the Dudley Diamond: Star of South Africa |
 | | They purchased the stone for pound 11,200, and christened it the "Star of South Africa," forwarded it to England, and it ultimately became the property of the Countess of Dudley, who purchased it of Messrs. |
 | | In the process of cutting, undertaken by the purchasers, it was reduced to 46 1/2 carats, and assumed, in the lapidary's hands, a triangular shape of such great brilliancy and perfectly colourless, that it is impossible to distinguished it from an Indian stone of the finest water. |
 | | The present Earl of Dudley had it skilfully mounted with 95 smaller brilliants, as a head ornament, whereby full effect is given to its beautiful form and splendid lustre. |
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