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People who are looking around to buy iia-
monds ut good bargain" would better
mind their eye" That Is what the big jewell
lers and diamond dealers In this city recon-
mend. The reason is that a number OF In
stances have lately come TO public notice
where. As the result OF a good barcnin.'
people have purchased low-grnde. on-color
diamonds and paid for them many timos their
value. Tho diamonds are real enough. but
thor are artincially colored before they are
sold. yeliow-tingcd. low-grade diamond in
this why masauerades as white diamond OF
superior quality. In some cases very rcepon-
sihle houses have been made party to the
deception through failure TO subject the color
Of the diamond to the proper test The follow
Ing experience was reported recently to a Lon
don paper by IN English lady OF supposed
means and position:
Eof long ago my husband save me . diamand orna-
which he bad bousht At the Army and NAVY ssores
for ESQ TIE Diamonds looked white and teautifuL
and Il out OF my possession sntii vashei
II with the rest Of my je~e!ry with horsehold am
monia. A washed. tvo Of the stones seemed 10 bo
changing their color. This led wash visor.
oasy. vbcn these tro stones turned into yeev dia-
nonds took the to the stores. when they
they agreed substitute two white stones for thess
tro yeio~ believe that there IL soss ee
process n Paris BY means Of which yellow dlamosds
can be converted into white d.anonds. and rsnAsA
white untii waehsd with eheucieab
Mr.. George ". Kunz. the diamond expert Of
Tiffany 4 Co. said yesterday. In reference to
the matter:
Tho stories told BY these different people
arc undoubtedly true Within the last year
great number Of artincialiy whitened diamonds
A.. l~A> h.. - .k To-,
doubt quantities Of them have made their way
to America It is now believed that a single
and 5 & q shsss ssd
Rad instsased asainss M 5 this arm. and / bsi!ese Is
eannot. % of course be positively stated that this
amount Of thsss diamonds Iva, was really 500 I'm IN
M. Kunz then went on to explain that the
q .nns os TSs e II sn
transparent dlm. which is invisible as film
enSsI Ss yeoa Of ue thu eR R.
grade Stone. and the result is q eoioriess dia-
nond Of apparently the highest quality. The
said. BY using ammonia or alcohol ON the
The sSs5 e. ne ssssa r.:
been espesialiy well done. acids are required
q N.sss s:s .hs.
ssss assssssd s. ss mod
ass osis 'osh q
saaiios as Soins sto Which IS used tos
Ss eas 81 Se's asS Mr.
di.eeios.tions ip,ffS q Ike stone. % x K siae-shi.s white
color. which IS the result, makes the diamend
%snss 2es.1 30fS rom stS to s wssn nssd
sesv xoS 9. g 81 TSs
and only makes the diamond appear the purest
white. just as q slight tinge OF blue in white
trsnsparent and extremely thin 50 that il does
tSs obserser IN tse least. ~.
sometimes given an artificial tint that greatly
enhanced their value. white pearl for in
pearl Of the same size and quality might be
sivee to tSs pe.Iis i.ded s1.dusily when Is:
whitened diamonds might hold their color in-
definitely. An attempt Vas sometimes made.
Ser q such opsis had been brought to him:
mittsd 6sd spoiled their quality and under
opsls. % III Il they DO exist Which /. not slseeether
the .Tdaeiai ones could consequently be set
Al in al, Mr. Marcus said. the artificial COL
oFtnS OF diamonds was the best swindle at
tenn pted With Jewels and the most dificult to
detect. The possibility Of the ewindle. how
guard. and they never purchased diamonds
without 6rst submittinG them to a thorough
test The only safeguard foethe public against
diamond MAS 70 be very sure Of the house they
dealt with !" Bargains" in diamonds should
always be regarded with the greatest sus-
picion.