(29) Excelsior
This, which prior to the discovery of the ‘Cullinan,’ was by far the largest South African stone, was found in the Jagersfontein mine on June 30, 1893; bluish-white in tint, it weighed 969½ carats. From it were cut twenty-one brilliants, the larger stones weighing 67⅞, 4513/16, 4511/16, 393/16, 34, 27⅞, 25⅝, 2311/16, 1611/32, 13½ carats respectively, and the total weight of the cut stones amounting to 3643/32 carats.