The Masters Class series continues, and this time, Peter Blau instructs us on some finer points of geology and of geopolitical history.
"The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" featured a yellow diamond, and yet, the Crown Jewels don't contain a diamond of that color. So what was the gem and where did it originate? It's just a Trifle.
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"In Memoriam: Muzzafar ad-Din" by Peter Blau from The Baker Street Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3 (September 1974), as found in Remarkable Mixture.
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Music credits
Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
In Memoriam: Muzzafar ad-Din