Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — CULLINAN DIAMOND PENDANT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CULLINAN DIAMOND PENDANT

Sir Richard Soloman, on behalf of South Africa, has presented to the queen of England a large pendant made from pieces left over in the cutting of the famous Cullinan diamond that was discovered in Pretoria in 1905. It comprises two diamonds, one of 92 and the other of 62 carats, mounted in platinum. The other fragments of the famous stone, weighing ten carats each, also were given to the queen.