The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-02
Hare Gems

rich stone.
The reporter suggested that It va q
fve-carat ruby.
well, said the expert, cts glass.
market value, about tea cents. II Is a
hne counterfeit, however, aud l got hold
Of it in a curious way. Some years age
1 sold its counterpart to a Baltimore
lady who was then going to Europe
While there she showed the stone x
many persons, who admired It. AT
party one evening 1t was passed around
among the guests and Did not find it:
way back to the owner until la:er in the
evening, but "a they we're all friends
she thought nothing Of it. When she
returned from E1rope it was brought
to me 10 he cleaned, and | found that
the stone / had sold for a number oil
thousands Of dollars had been removed
and this PIT IN its place. The lady re-
fused to follow tie matter up and gave
me the stone, that would hardly be
suspected, except ny an expert"
as this sort Of thing uucommoa;'
asked the reporter.
No. was the reply. "6ut the stones
are sold il cheap l-welry and no claim
OF value Is made. There are people, Of
course, who wear bogus gems Tor one
reason CT another, and their manufac-
lure Is quite = business.
They are generally made Of glass,
with about Atty per cent. Of oxide Of
lead. This Is Euowa to the trade IS
strass, and il the bssIs OF imitation
zeus Of all kinds, only different oxides
beng used to produce different tints,
II you wish to make a rudy you would
have to use about these ingredients;
Silica, $50: red oxide Of lead. $50;
caiciued potash Is. and parts Of c4I-
cined boraz, aiuuIua aud Arsenic acid
Nett one thousand parts Of this With
forty parts Of glass OF antlmOnyr one
part purple cassils and = n excess Of
gold, and you have got b matsra,
when cue. that ~ have last declared
worth several tloGsa1d dollars.
Toe rage Tor fancy stones, conIn-
led TIE expert, - ulAb4ted. FIVE
years ago you could lot sci, 4 ruby,
sapphire or any Of tcs f4lcg xels-raat
x, IL paying 4IaEa tlss-ald they we're
50 cat Of fas1151 that fashionable
= -ue1 kept them Il their !sEeIry cases,
ous sas P111ca Of Ha.es s-arsed the RAGS
Two years ago oy wearing 3 rEg WITH a
dIazoLd, cats eye, rI1y and sapphire
set II Il. ard >lzee ten sLeT hate oeeE
al the ias1l0z. T1a l41les wear them,
ous. strange 70 say. .haF srs more pop
1lar Et1 seE1.e2z-- ! a7grlte wrinkle
: a rt-s eye oezEaeE 5w9 r15I-s % da-
II IDS.
E1.sasszs3 I should say 50. Esrs
oLs rhl1 Is gCrgE 3. eco 30 azy che
zh4t can Gay .E, AID tl- =xgers GalaeG
: a smooth E-=eElsE sgCus, Il s11eu
uyriads ct c4lI5eG INES horizontal IL
tie plane & EHe sEaae were seen, "a
se4lGlE tie shafts u 4g1s - sagr41ec-
Lze. Inc eye. eoL1Lu=a 5la 4ea-ar,
prola5e1 oy l=E2saelad T4su.aes
lei. Ii the structure 40 z1a l1e = Z
erysta-zlg al zEz aZGs -trlzEas agol
Then pr144eza IL beazlfI4 star tia
changes VIII every movement Ct z4e
EzaEer. 5sep4Ies are i47stI5s stones
AZ D ezeLz a44 oElHE 4aIzs pclces. The
largest ELoH- "a c Il inc 1se1l
u S4Eaca. History a. EE-s AID 1As
Z q HG , A-@-4A-A- -- 'G-~-H--A FA#- 81 ~
was originally IolL1 Ii india Y 4 poor
lad, We igOk ID 10 an= greas Roman
J=velar, 2 spot h tsEzl a oa Il Il
u GsEA44 pr4se, aLd Is E4ally Reached
Percs d Prs ~=s=.=r, E1o soL4 L
sSail tr S5L.-Q
Yea, F" there sre several lZls Of
sspp-Irss-.1s water, p9ey, Brazilian
zuu the Oasleb., AID the e45 eye Is Is
sapphire. They are minated a. SKI
lu4y rs the ruby II Thousand parts
o. strass with twenty-five OF CxLls OF
cobals viii do It.
WAC buys the most valuable stoaes2
asked the reporter.
Not always the richest people, E" was
the reply. "Inerasr are numbers OF col
lectOIs who pay ex0rbltant prices Tor
curious or ouue stones All wealthy
people, OF course, have their gems, ana
young men VI fashion o ten have q col
lection OF rings worth so, U00, l have
Il customer, q Spanish LoOleman, WHO
cones here about once ii year, who
spends So, 600 yearly IN jeweiIy. 1t Is
a perfect mama with INN. tie gtts
tired OF the sets, bTlugs them back and
We buy them and sell him something
new. 1 have Knownhlm to wear nearly
a hundred thousand dollars worth ol
iawelry, yet not look over. dressed. HIS
sleeve-Uu:tons were two enormous dla-
mouds, cut with his arms ana So ruined
III his watch were set ruoles ana dia-
monds OF great price; his studs were
white old Ilela stones. aud IL a seal he
had q ruby CT ~incalculable price. He
would be d perfect mine to a thief. aud
/ have heard 1t said that he mad the
finest collection OF gems south OF the
United States.
Tho topaz is fashionable-that Is,
the rare kinds. one, known as the
Grand MogUl, Is valued al $50, 600. Ii
weighs 1914 carats. Among the crown
Jewels OF france there was an amethyst
vi q beautiful v.O.et and red tint, valued
1T g, 700. Here are a lot OF stones,
he said, rolling u a lot OF emeralds.
beryls ard aquamsrlnes, that, though
chemically the SAME, dIter mush COM
merciaIly. The -aQuanarIne Is a favorite
with lsules, because 1t retains its bill
llapey IL artificial light. Here, for al
example, is Il blue sapphire OF two
caIats tnat, as you see, Is Respondent
with hight, Ont at night IS comparatively
insignificant, while this a-quanlarlne
valued at SIS, gIows in the evening
with remarkable UrlIhancy. | sell num-
bers Of item Tor evening wear, audthey
make q fine olsplay. Iney vary from
Sc Tor very small L to $40 and 500
an ounce-not carat. Mr., Hope, prob
ably the greatest gem collector IN the
word, possessed a beryl some years ago
weighing e. ouces AID valued al S2 $50.
1t came Irom tie C4ngal um mine, East
Indies. There : a berry oyer two inches
long III the crown OF England, and an
uquamarlue has bseU fouud IN the town
OF MJLzIskaIa, Russia, that Is reported
to nave brought. on the authority Of
Professor Dleulatait, over 500. 900. So,
you Zee, the eue4pest stones, SO TO
speak. bring Ing prices sometimes.
turquoise is much used now to produce
effects N fancy Jeweiry where a sort OF
rough mosaic Is required. That 1t was
valued III this country IS proved by the
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