Re: French Topazes for November topazes from école des mines Archived Message
Posted by Lorenzo on November 1, 2015, 5:58 am, in reply to "Re: French Topazes for November topazes from école des mines"
The museum is closed on sunday but I'm sure the crown jewels are exposed (at least the topazes and the emeralds) Here are the emeralds --Previous Message-- : Thank you, Lorenzo! : : Can the mineralogy collection of the 'Ecole : des Mines de Paris' (Paris Mining School) be : visited? And if yes, are the former Crown : Jewels specifically identified? : : The 'Ecole des Mines de Paris' received in : 1887 several gems from the Crown collection, : but of lesser interest than those given to : the National Museum of Natural History: : : - a necklace of emerald beads (included in : the Crown Jewels inventories since 1811, : possibly a jewel confiscated from emigrated : aristocrats): : : : - 2 brilliant diamonds of 7.10 and 5.44 : carats, which had been mounted on the crowns : made for King Charles X and Emperor Napoleon : III. These two diamonds were stolen in 1909 : and never recovered : : - 50 (small) emeralds, for a total of 27.56 : carats, which had been mounted on the crown : made for Napoleon III : : - 719 pearls (173 larger and 546 smaller) : for a total of 2,285 grains, which had not : been mounted on the pearl parure of the : Crown's collection : : - 177 amethysts, for a total of 611 carats: : along with the 12 amethysts now in the : Museum (169.54 carats), these amethysts had : been mounted on a parure belonging to the : Crown Jewels, made in 1811 for Empress : Marie-Louise. The parure was dismantled : after Napoleon I was overthrown, and the : amethysts were not used again on a parure : (except a few ones on the large multigem : belt, which was auctionned off in 1887) : : - 49 pink topazes, for a total of 148 : carats, already mentioned earlier in this : thread. : : :
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