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Show v.rn. or ii,llloJfc An Idea of the great Increase In tho cost of diamonds Imparted by the labor la-bor of polishing and mounting, as well as by the profits of the trodera, may bo obtained by comparing tno)r prce ttt the mines In South Africa with tho prices In tho Jewelry ahops. A diamond weighing one carat, mounted In a rlug, may cost tho buytr 100 or m0I( uut at Klraberley tho iverago value of diamonds dia-monds li only I,J3 por cftrat Tna laluc, of course Y,r(,g wllh tne ,, and purltr of the itonel lut th. l0. tnl value of the 2,3 carat. of da. monds found In th, Transvaal In 9J was only 1-12,812. In ct 19 33 r carat |