Samarian spinel
The Samarian Spinel is a 500-carat (100 g)
Iranian Crown Jewels.[1]
Origins
It and a smaller 270-carat (54 g) spinel were captured by the Persian King
Nadir Shah
during his 18th-century conquest of India.
The Samarian spinel has a hole in it. According to a diary entry of the court physician to the Iranian Shah
the Ten Commandments. A diamond was added later to conceal the hole.[2]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780226305110. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "The Samarian Spinel". famousdiamonds.tripod.com. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- Meen & Tushingham, 1968: Bank Markazi Iran, 1971
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