The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-29
vALvAsLE DIAMONDS.

4 Dsaisr CHATS About the Rsrest Gem
Ever Seen In This Country.
''The most valuable diamond. for its
rise. that has ever been In this coun.
try 10 now here In the hands Of a dealer
on Maiden lane. not for sale. but that
he may. II possible. find mate to tt
q Job that he II about giving up in
despair. have bought diamonds from
him, ana can obtain for you the priv
ilege Of seeing this magnificent stone.
II you care to have look at gem
that Is worth remembering all your
life. When I tell you that II weighs
but three and five.eighths carats, less
y thirty. second; that the owner has
refused over q. 600 for It, and that he
will chserfully give e10. 900. or pcr.
haps. more. for match to II, you will
probably find in those facts q practical
answer to the question II diamonds
have become cheap Europe and
America have been ransacked to find
its mate, but thus far in vain. A blue
stone of Its purity Of tint perfection
Of make and size is not known to
exist either in private collections Of
gems, in the hands Of dealers, or even
among royal treasures Not . great
while since the newspapers made men.
ton Of pair Of diamonds, then
in New York, that weighed TO.
gether fifteen carats and were held at
$50 600 That seemed like pretty
good price for stones that are getting
common and cheap. but It is far less,
in proportion, than the worth Of this
blue stone. At its determined value.
upon the basis Of It's present size. II 1t
were As large as one Of that matched
pair 1t would DO worth about $S2. 600,
and. as the value of a matched pair Of
fine diamonds Is far more than double
that of one Of the pair singly, two such
blue stones weighing together fifteen
carats would cost almost a Kings ram
som'-far more. any way. than S64.-
OOO."
The promised private view Of the
wonderful blue stone was obtain few
days later. It was truly an amazingly
beautiful gem, we'll worthy Of the en-
thusiasm with which the connoisseur
spoke Of It Temporarily set in spring
clamps. for convenience Of handling
without soiling its dazzling facets, II
was put beside an absolutely fawless
brilliant Of the first water Of almost
equal size. that alone had appeared q
thing of matchless beauty. Compared
with the Respondent glory Of the other
stone, however. the white one seemed
to fade and grow dull. The blue o.
this matchless gem is of thai
rarest tint that is deemed tn,
absolute perfection Of the dia
mond. giving It the highest re
fractive power and grentest brillianc'
of color. All the various and marvel
ously-t tinted fires that glow deep II
the heart of the royal opal seemed t
dart in vivificd and Intensified fame
from it's facets. Quivering in tn
spring-shanked clamps its ever chang
ing play Of dazslingly brilliant colo
provoked an optical illusion by whic
1t appeared to dilate and contract, a
II It were pulsating with life
/ The adventures Of this regal ger
have been rather romantic. In 1874
it disappeared from among tho treas
ures Of Isabella of Spain. but whethe
it was captured In the looting Of th
palace or was stolen by an officer 9
the royal household under cover O
the prevailing disturbnn cos-as is b!
some alleged-is undetermined. A
oil events. It got to Amsterdam
where It was recut with great i'm
provement of its brilliancy. an
twenty years later was resold t
Queen Isabella, whose circumstance
had bettsred in that interim. But b
1871 her vicissitudinous luck ha
changed again. and she had to sell
in Paris An American gentlema
bought it and brought it over here
ri thinking that he knew Of
: : mate for 1t, but when tho ston
he had in mind was compare
with IL the intended match SCENE
hardly moro than blue glass. Back
Paris he sont his gem, to have a mai
found for II there. and for sever,
|. years the quest was continued vainl
! all over Europe. Two or three yeal
ago he got 1t back. hoping that in til
mean time the many diamonds bougl
> In late years by our numerous million
aires might be match for 1t. Thel
does not however, seem to be as "
. any prospect Of realization for h
: hope. Since 1t has been in his hand
! he has had 1t subjected to anothe
cutting for the perfecling Of some
: its facets. in which operation it ",
!: reduced by thirty-second Of q carr
from its previous weight of 81 carat
Rubies can hardly be said to ha,
:, become cheap, any more than di
= monda- One, owned in this city. tn
: is only four carats in weight is g
= teemed to be worth t6 900. and til
. Notwithstanding the fact that it is n
= of the true ''pigeon blood" tint
!. . other respects than color. how ever.
= is said to be one of the most perfect
: faultless rubies In the world. IN
= Sun
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