Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-01-11
PRECIOUS GEMS.


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"who buys N. mos, valuable .tou..s -
asked the REPORTER II u l.w.i.r
mot always the rirl,e., ,--ople +" VAS
the reply. There arr numbers oi eo..
l"csorS Who pay exorla,sn, pr..es lor
curious ~ ontre -,ones. Al w.al,hv
Ieoplc. ii cour-s. have their gems, amd
yonns n"n III issh,on often have q c,d.
ac,ion oi rings worth s20, 900. ha,.
q customer. - Spanish nohiensn Who
comes her. sbo,n once year, whu
spends t2o .o00 yearly In jewel,y. II
ia perfrr, mania with hin !ie gets
tired Of the sets. hrinv- them hack, ani
w. h,iy them ard sell him so,..thips
new. ] have known him to wear nearly
tioo 600 worth ot jewslry. yet M, lo.,k
overdrrssed. liis sleese. h,,tsoas werc
two snormoas disnaads, aat With III.
arms. and so ruined lk his watch WEI.
~, rub'e- and diamond. vi great price,
his studs wew whit. old India STONES,
aud IN seal he had ruby tha. WAS ,.l
inralculablr price. Tie would l~
porfe't mine to a thief and ! have
heard u said that he had the fines,
collection II gems south of the United
States.
The topaz IN fashioea lle--that h,
the rare kinds. One. known as the
tirand Mosul. In valued In Euruuc nj
tib0.0oo. II weigh. iS7t carat..
Am"ng the crown jewels ~ France.
there Vas An amethyH, II u beautiful
vis!et and red tint, valued at 1000.
Here are some s,ones," he said, rolling
out 10, of emeral.is. bcryls and aqua.
marines. "that, though ehemtcally the
Ssms. differ much commercially. The
aqusmarine 10 = favorits with ladies',
bccause u retains its bsiIliancy In artiR.
cial light. Here. Tor an example, IN q
blue sapphivr of two esrats thsa, ~ you
zee. is re~plendens with lislss. but ss
night In comparatively insignificant,
while this Aqusmsrine, valued q tib,
slow~ In the evening with semavkshlr
briliiancy. sell wumhcss of them ew
evening wear, end sksy mshs . ane
display. They vary from ~, iw very
small ones. 10 e7S aud 600 IN ounce
not carat Mr.. Ho,~, pruhabiy the
grcaeest gem ceilectos In ths world,
Posse~sed lssyl. some ysau sso.
weighing ~ ouness, and valusd II
e2s2b. Il came from the Cameayum
mine. East isdi~s. Tksrs 10 hssyi
over two inches long In The csswa u
England; and an sqnamsrns hes ls~~m
found In the towa n Moauieshais,
Russia. shat n reported N hsvv hsuautss.
on the suslsosity Al l'vul. pteulslait,
over ti00. 900. NJ. you m, tlss cheap.
esi stones, 10 70 spsak. ts.na hs psisSs
sometimes. Tureeolss In msrh ussd
nov. 10 pevsswce eGFsela In iaacy tswslvy
where = sost u rough ssoaaie \ rsquispd.
That II was yalued In this couatsy h
proved by the dircvevy II ~ old tus.
quolse smine In Mexico. tn s)soN leads
In under . noantain, and evsn W. vusarh
tools of the unknocn mine = wssv iound
ther. Thcss arr two kinda, the ed
and ncw rock ard, 10 show ohe diGss-
eace bstwssa ~ tuei whsu M Dvss
collection was sold, IN o,d suck Ousasslss
that measured ~ inclses BY ~, tgossht
nearly 600. while . sev sus& ssnas.
~ ny ~ Inches. vas sssa ~ oo1.s0.
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are the hyscintlse, hsllGAsupe, slsrsa.
peridcA and suasuaitne. ~ hoous y
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