Rubies and diamonds, and _The Man Who Would be King_

[Sam Clements]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
> All I know about sizes comes from (Wikipedia's?) statement of the
> number of carats in the Koh-i-Noor diamond -- but I don't know the
> volume occupied by one carat.
>
> Joel

Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor a 69 carat diamond.  About the size of
a golf ball.

Sam Clements

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