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INDEX
Brilliant, proportions necessary for the, 236
British Guiana, 25
Broadnax, George T., 159
Brown diamonds, campaign to popĀ­ularize, 219
Buying a diamond, suggestions for, 223-237
Caldwell's, 159
Cape Explosives Works, Ltd., 49
Capex, 49
Carat, the, 7, ff.
metric, 8 Carbon, 3, 4, 247 Carbonado, 247 Care of diamonds, 234, 235 Carrier, Alfred, 158
Jacques, 159
Louis-Francois, 157, 158
Pierre, 158, 159 Carrier's, 144, 157, 158, 159, 180 Castellani, 146 Catherine of Aragon, 181 Catherine the Great, 37, 39, 40 Cellini, Benvenuto, 4 Chain stores, 160 Chambre Syndicate de la Bijouterie,
Chardin, Sir John, 100, 144 Charles, Emperor, 168 Charterhouse Street, House in, 68,
69, 70 Chicago Jewelers' Association,
pamphlet of the, 28, 29 Chicago Opera Company, 190 Chilvers, Hedley A., 46, 47, 61 Cho Kang, temple of, 203, 204 Christelyk Belgisch Diamantbewerk-
ers Bond, 101 Cleveland, Mrs. Grover, 189 Cole, Fred, 131, 161 Colenso diamond, the, 59 Color classifications, 228, 229 Color of diamonds, 13, 212-222,
228-231 classifications, 228, 229 range of, 212-222
Columbus, Christopher, 170 Compound, company, the, 44 Corundum, 4
Credit installment houses, 160, 161 Crockett, Albert Stevens, 192 Crookes, Sir William, 13 Cullinan diamond, 59, 71, 72, 73
story of the, 71, 72, 73 Cullinan, Thomas, 72 Curious Lore of Precious Stones,
201 Customs Division of the Treasury
Department, 127, 128 Cuts of the diamond, .2 3 5, 236, 237 Cutters, 97, 98, 100, 101, 106, 107, 108
guilds, 99, 100, 101
number of, 97, 98
wages, 101, 106, 107, 108 Cutting, 76-92, 235, 236, 237
brilliant, the, 79, 80, 81, 235, 236
diamond point, 78, 79
diamond table, 78, 79
operations, 78-92
rose cut, 79
Davidson & Licht, 159 De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., 26, 30-36, 44-51, 56, 57, 60, 61 ff.
cold storage enterprise, 50
explosives, 48, 49, 50
fire in the, 60, 61
fruit farms, ;o
operations in, 30-35
railroads, 50, 51
visiting the, 30-34
workers in, 35, 36 De Beers diamond, the, 58, 59 De Beers, Mynheer, 42 De Beers, The Story of, 46, 61 de la Motte, Mme, 174-177 de la Valliere, Louise, 171 de Maintenon, Madame, 171 Demand for diamonds, renewal of,
164, 165 de Medici, Catherine, 170
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