About the Dresden Green Diamond

This gem is the largest in the "Green Vaults" of Dresden, and owing to its peculiar green tint, one of the rarest diamonds in the world. This rare stone weighs 48 1/2 carats. It is probably of Indian origin, but nothing seems to be known of its antecedents. It is valued, according to Kluge, at 200,000 thalers (pound 30,000), a very large sum for a stone of such a small size, but accounted for by its unique character. Mr. Streeter has, or had lately, on sale a small red diamond, altogether unique of its kind, for which pound 1,000 was asked, although it weighed only three-quarters of a carat.