Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-11-19
SEX IN DIAMONDS.
A Jeweler Who Believes There Is Sex In
Everything, Even In Diamonds

A Jeweler who Believes There Is Sex In
Everything, Even in Diamonds.
In the big show window of New
York jewelry store rested small tray
that gathered crowd of curious spec
tators to the window. Every time the
sunlight played upon the plato glass
the tray corruscated with prismatic
hues Of dazzling brilliancy. The tray
is well known to the trade. 1t isdc-
signed to display the remarkable varia'
tions of the color of large African mine
diamonds, and contains examples of all
the colors known. 1t possesses great
interest for novices in gems, and the
jeweler is called upon half dozen
times day to explain the beauties Of
the specimens. ,,.s..,. ..s.
''It took long time to get this col
lection together" the jeweler said,
land it is the only one in the town of
the kind thus arranged. You see here
the brown diamond, the absinthe, the
canary or yellow, the gem. the pink,
the rote, and the coffee and the green
diamond. The effect of these combina.
tions in the sunlight is entrancing.
Each predominant hue seems to impart
distinct iuster to tho prismatic seintil-
lations When the tray is swung to
and fro in the sunbeams it gives forth
as you sec perfect blaze of rainbow
colors. These gems also illustrate diff
ferent cuttings of the diamonds. We're
they all set in bracelet or brooch or
a necklace they would make a rarely
beautiful trinket, but it would cost q
heap of money"
The jeweler picked out one sparkle
with pair of diamond tweezers and
held it forward in the show window
"This is Brazilian gen." he said,
'likc which there is only one other in
the world, in Paris, and the French one
is not as pure or as large as this. This
is what is called black diamond and
is valued at twenty-five hundred dol
lars. 1t weighs trifle less than four
sarats. It's beauty lies in the fact that
it changes its color in different lights.
In this strong sunlight you see it is al
most black, but it gives forth q pris-
matte radiance greater than that emit
ted by the best of the black gems In
| gaslight, you observe, the black hue
becomes a rich golden brown, and the
play of colors is changed, too. Dia-
monds of this sort are regarded by the
superstitious miners as gold stones,
that is, gems possessing a power of i'm
parting good luck to the owner in the
search for hidden gold. This stone was
secured in Paris, whittier it was brought
in rough for cutting by a Rio Janeiro
merchant.
Here" continued the jeweler, sis
another curiosity" He picked up a
three-karat white stone with the tweez-
ers. ut is specimen that will prove
to you that there is difference of sex
in the gems This is what is called the
female, multiplying diamond.
He held the gem under strong mag
nifying glass and pointed to four or
five smaller diamonds, clustered about
one of the facets at the edge Of the ta-
BILE of the stone. "The male gem, the
jeweler said, ''is sharp-pointed and
never gathers these embryo gems
There is fine specimen alongside that
pink stone. 1t SURPRISES most people
Who sec those specimens to be told that
,,sSSsy arc of different sex as well as col
/, q but such is the fact."-.Iewalar''