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Show Famous Pearls There have been many pearls of great value. Amorg then are Cleo-' Cleo-' patra's pearl from an earring, valued at about S:W.000; the pearl belongms to Charles the Gold, duke of liur gundv, mMin; M,r.v Stuart's fa mous pearl; the I,,,pe nenrl. wldch Is the largest one In the world. l.M'O grains (it was sold a. Christy's In London In lSSfi and was valued a fP,000) ; the Queen pearl, found ai Notch Brook, near Faterson, N. J., In I 1S57 (it weighs 93 grains and was sold to Empress Eugenie) ; the repub- lie of Venice presented a pearl to Soliman, sultan of Turkey, valued at 5S0.0OO ; I'ope Leo the Tenth purchased a pearl from a Venetian Jeweler for about 570.000; La Pellegrinn weighs 1112 grains and is snid to be In Moscow. Mos-cow. Russia. |