| 词条 | Samarian spinel |
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The Samarian Spinel is a {{convert|500|carat|g|adj=on}} spinel gemstone that is the largest of its kind in the world. It is part of the Iranian Crown Jewels.[1] OriginsIt and a smaller {{convert|270|carat|g|adj=on}} spinel were captured by the Persian King Nadir Shah during his 18th-century conquest of India. The smaller of the two Spinel bears a 350-year-old inscription attributing its ownership to Jahangir, a Mughal Emperor of India. Legend states that in response to court criticism for having inscribed his own name on the stone, the Emperor proclaimed "This stone shall make my name more famous than the entire dynasty of Tamerlane!" His prediction proved somewhat correct as the Tamerlane dynasty was overthrown after 230 years, while Jahangir's name lives on inscribed on a number of gemstones found in the Iranian treasury. The Samarian Spinel has a hole in it. According to a diary entry of the court physician to the Iranian Shah Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, the King told the physician that the stone once adorned the neck of the biblical golden calf, which the Israelites are said to have made while Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments. A diamond was added later to conceal the hole.[2] References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Grande|first1=Lance|last2=Augustyn|first2=Allison|title=Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World|date=2009|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226305110|page=83|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=RnE9Fa4pbn0C&pg=PA83&dq=Samarian+spinel&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG8OCAtOLYAhWJAsAKHR3TBCkQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Samarian%20spinel&f=false|accessdate=18 January 2018|language=en}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://famousdiamonds.tripod.com/samarianspinel.html |title=The Samarian Spinel |publisher=famousdiamonds.tripod.com |accessdate=23 June 2013}}
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