, 1881-07-31
PRECIOUS STONES.

Tie characteristics by Which Jewelers.
| Can Recognize Diamond. Handled by
THEM. .>.
| A New York Sun reporter the other day IN
! terviewcd Mr. Andrews, ot Titlauy's. :. How arc
| you to identify Unset diamonls2" tho reporter
| asked. "lIerc, now, isIa diamond he said,
| holding up flashing yellow crystal as big rs Il
pigeons cgg; that Is one OF, the remarkable
! diamonds Of the world, and could be identified
i anywhere. 1t weighs rs carars, and is worth
$4,000. While yellow diamonds are plentiful,
yet there are few with clear, daci1ed tint Ii Ee
this: and it is peculiar in its cutting, from the
fact that it has two rows Of facets from the
girtllc, Or largest circumference OF the stone to
the tnblc tho lat top Of the stone is called In
the ordinary style OF cutting brilliant there Is
only one row of facets between girdle and
table. Here Is ii diamond" picking up n brill
liant clear drop Of dow and flashing with
colors lIke rainbow, ~ thnt weighs only two
and one-half carats, and it is yet worth S1,500,
from the act that 1t is Of the purest water. a
uia,no nd as notable rs this VIC could positively
identify from its characteristics, Here is an
orner,' picking up yellow stone, IS that weighs
nearly as much, two anu thrcc-fourths carats,
and Is yet worth only So75, because of its color.
Yellow diamonds are hard to identify by ap-
peasance, because they are SO plentiful. Dia-
monds come Of MI coors, pink. blue, and brown
ns'lus rare ahd "oFtn mticn more tnan teiio"-
The pure white. free froni stain or flaw, is tho
mast valuable OF all Odd colors are so rare
that they afford ready means Of dcntlncat1on
Here is q n!ack diamoDd, he said, holding up
large brilliant that oddly combined perfect
transparency with u backish tint; " this IS
one OF the largest nnd best plack diamonds
in tho world. 1t weighs hve carats, and IS
worth 525UQ. Now, here, picking up y beautl-
tul diamond OF clear pink nue. us great
curiosity, that VIC could readily Identity my
where. 1t weighs eight carats, less sixteenth.
and is worth S5,Ooo. The color is Il rare one, and
it is exauisity pure. Hero Is another extraor-
binary diamond" He showed large pear
shaped stone OF Il cinnamon color. THAT Is an
East Indian gem. and Is very Old Although 1t
weighs seventeen carats 1t is not worth rs much
us the smaller pink brilliant. on account Of Its
color. It's value Is 81 ,0o0- Such marked stones
rs those have shown you we could positively
Identify By their characteristics. hut there.
would be no lncnns Of identifying such stones 1s
these he said, rs he poured a handful of small
diamonds OIL the tMble- They were nearly nll OF
color, ana OF small size.
How, then. do sou avoid mistakes and pro-
tect yourself against fraudulent claims when
you Take diamonds to set:'
s'1n tho first place, VIC will have nothing to do
with paste, ITO matter what price might bc Of
fered us to set 1t. Nobody In tho store Is al
lowed to wenr Il paste gem, and If by mistake Il
paste brilliant is tAken in ut the repair counter
it is immediately sent back to tho owner. That
ralrcly tlppens Some time ago, when we re-
fused to reset stone on the ground that it was
paste, ,the owner wis greatly surprised to hear
TINT it wis not genuine. The lndy investigated
tho matter, and found that dishonest servant |
Ind rr,nnvnd the diamond gnf substituted Il