The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-20
DIAMONDS.
Description Of = VaiuAsl. CoiI~-tIoa Of
Uncut >soa~~-

~ 'fOs
Every one knows iha, TIE diamond =
nothing bat ~crys;aliz.i carbon. ,ha;
chemically considered. i; i the .srne
thing a, coal. which i sold n; - much
4 iou. bu; few pcr>on. rralze tha: n!
diamond. ar no: of purr aad sparkling
IS hite; ;ha. Their. Az. IN fact. some va
r5e.i-- which 81. average observer al
aot distinguish from = lump II coal 81
worthless pebble. Tho-. who imagine
Ia, tn. KIND If i.sel wear. no oitsv
i-I-cci than that who's dazzling l-aut,
.iorns he white neck % some fair
.oung woman Or The expansive >hirT
rOnt az her millionaire papa. -huuld
~ and see ta- cost. collection o! na:-
Iral stone, now IL the p-o>.-~-u IN of \
iiamoad dealer. X ! III finest coiloc-
ION IN the country. and the most cost
y one Of the Kind IN the world IL
contains ypi specimens. having ~ az
,rc-a:e weigh, 81 80. carat> AMI III
Guiding every variety If ~hai.' and hu"
Pink. yellow. blue. green, brown, I'd
black diamonds IN all those forms wIt4
~ ~ ~ az "a 80 ga
scientist delight, 10 wrr>ilc, ar a. r.
IN costly pruiU-ion. From thc coarse
conglom,ra;e containing u!uut- da-
mund-. and oniy valuable for grinding
up - form poi ,hing dust. M - the
perfectly pure white or yellow crystal
weighing twenty-five Carlt> and worth
$500 or >i.tv there are - grada-
tioE,.
The collection was made " 4 rica
diamond dealer in Frame. and =
valued ~ $4,000. The black ditmoud
the pru,-aic realty. 10; iHe poetic
figure u the novel;, :; i, a toULh sub
icc,. knoNn Ia the lapdlry q, the "c>-
trcInr o, cNtrcm" hardness. and j. ut
ter!y incapable oi polish \ Specimen
WI, shown the Reporter which hal t'ccu
kept upon the siol" for thr-. months
without producing . iu,trr approach
iug Ia that which the ''ou->-~h.u,-in-thr-
Ciiy-foT-iiyc-c"nt- man would create
IN half "A mInut- ON an old shoe. There
w,r- many examples OF what T. known
To- the mln-r4lou>t ~ '~iWluu!H~. the
combination OF >rSrra, di>tluc, CRYSTALS
in one mas. In some ,a-c~ thor
were little diamonds - IN the facets OF
large nc~ The small! diamonds wen"
~ .d"utly the result 81 an earlier cry--
utilization ana were ait rward Included
in / latHr formation. In "a specimen
ia" smaller cry stall wa~ loose aud could
be- removed from il socket. leaving 4
>guare hole IN the facet al the larger
stone. There ar ON hundred crystal,
OF various shades al pink and VII"
color, twenty of lin" rc~Inou>. canary
and orange shade ui yellow. and ON
rar" cubic CRYSTALS from Brazil. Twenty
twu -! the diamond are N their native
TocS> OF mJ;rI,c~. One peculiar green
piece OF rock. about th" size which
a small boy would >cicc, Ia threw Al q
goat, was poiu.-i "ut a, the largest
specimen of eahlit" in rNi>icnrc-sCi e.
cat fl name. chromium diop-idc. y
.rccni~h brown crystal hal the opal
~i.>c.acc and 'luorc>Ccncr al crudr pc
tr"lrum. a b..lu,iiui liquid sheen. Sill
ot1rrS contained rcd ONiic II iron, and
with their blupd-rri spots looked a. 4
they IN "h' have gricrd the hands of
L1dv Macbeth when stained with the
imaginary .orc of the murdered Dun
can. som" Tr>cmDlci little brown
seeds. some were triangular >jar--hapci
an some oval Dh,r, We're clustered
together ii , group Of TWENTY-FIVE "r
more. and still others were rolled up
together in a ball by tie multiplicity nt
.iwining-'-in fact. there was every
conceivable form in which a." crystal
can occur.
Once the reporter held in hi, hand a
pin ~, with 4 pure yellow African da-
mond Of - cara's. absolutely without,
h!rm;>h. l. WIS valued ~ -!ui.".u.
and nothing but the fear III .nc"mm"d-
inc TIA numerous g'~ntlcinanly clerks
who blocked thr yarous avenues o."N
prevented him from departing IN haste
u attend certain prc--ing engagement.
George +. kuutZ. the diamond expert
in whose charge IN" collection now =,
saws that the taste If Americans i more
cXacting in the matter Of ,he-c gems.
keeping pace with the increasing d.
m3nd *. J.. Iribtp..-