Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-12-18

pass gives its name, and whose bowels
have since been pierced by the railway tun-
mel. The best specimens of the gem hoWev-
or, come from Ceylon. ut occurs in CRYSTALS.
crystalline fragments and solid masses: its
fracture Is uneven; it is translucent on the
edges, with double refraction of light:
the luster Is vitreous and pearly, more
especially when cut and polished" The
Light thrown out from the interior Of the
stone is greenish and blush white, the 70
Elections being changeful in color when
viewed In Inherent aspects. The cleavage
OF the stone Is In two directions, the crys-
tails often being found in the hemitrope form
having compound structure, which NAV
be Initiated by bisecting a crystal and re-
volving one-half $50 degrees Tor in some
cases 40 degrees), and then reuniting the
halves. In polished specimens this form be-
comes obvious from the different directions
Of the lamin8. Adularia is found in cavities
OF the granite, gniess and limestone. and in
pebbles from Ceylon, Greenland, Bavaria,
st. Gothard, Tyrol, Dauphine and at several
places in this country, particularly at tt
conderoga, N. Y, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Connecticut and Massachusetts. The adu-
laria from St Gothard is found In very
large masses, and at Zurich, Switzerland,
there were formerly on exhibition in the
measuring two feet in length and one foot
in thickness, which glinted with royal
beauty
The gems are secured by taking the speci-
mems which possesses good color and strong
pearly reflections and cutting them out Of
larger Jumps. The piece Is then ground on
lead wheel, en- cabochon form, and is then
polished with rottenstone.
In commerce the adularia goes under
various names, such as moonstone, sun
stone, girasol, hsh-eye, Ceylon or water
opal The difference between the moon
stone and the sunstone seems to be in color
only, the moonstone being white with small
blush or greenish shades, while the sun
stone shows yellow and reddish play of
colors. The sunstone is another member of
the feldspar group, its internal prismatic
reflections and minute spangies being due
TO the presence Of included crystals of
oxide Of iron or Of mica. It Is found In
limited quantities in Norway, and also ut
Media, Pa, and at Orange Courthouse, Va
Orpheus, the semi-fabulous Grecian bard,
recognized two kinds of gems which were
symbolical Of the sun. "In both" he says,
there appear rays shining straight and
like luminous hair, but the colors Of the
stones are different; the one would be
deemed crystal, the other q chrysolite.
except for the hair" He also wrote: 'Pho-
bus hath planted in both species q mighty
spirit which gives glory and heroic beauty
to whatsoever shall wear them with due
understanding"
GAY, there's the rub" Probably few of
Orpheus' contemporaries had the necessary
"due understanding"
That the sunstroke was connected in the
minds of ancient gem-engravers with Sol is
evident from a beautifully carved gem of
this character discovered by G. W. King
In the Marlborough collection of Jewels,
showing Sol driving three horses attached
to his chariot through the heavens, thus
marking this stone as that gods peculiar
property.
How are the mighty fallenl
The stone which used to possess the mi
raculous powers ascribed to this; the gem
which enjoyed the favor Of princes, and
the felicity of being lied about by writer's
whom we now term classical; the only Jewel
TO which the ancients paid the compliment
OF bestowing upon it the names of their
worshiped luminaries, is now a common
stone, valuable only for the skill displayed
in cutting it,
Let US recount its glorious past, and draw
the vail of charitable silence over its ipno-
minious Dresent