Jules Verne 
The Vanished Diamond (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 
A Tale of South Africa

Brilliant Victor Cyprien loves a South African mining heiress, but needs money. A failure at diamond mining, he instead creates a spectacular artificial gem of his own. The sudden disappearance of this “Star of the South” leads Victor and his romantic rivals on a wild chase across the veldt—but are they on the right track?

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