The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-01-08
SEX IN DIAMONDS
a Jeweler Who Believes There l. Sex in
Everything. Even in Diamonds


Everything. Even in Diamonds
In the blg snow window OF n New
York jewelry store rested small tray
that gathered crowd of curious spec
tators to the window. Every time the
sunlight played upon the plate glass
the tray corruscated with prismatic
hues of dazzling brilliancy- The tray
is well known to the trade II Is de
signed to display the remarkable varia
tions of the color of large African mine
monds, and contains examples of all
the colors known 1t possesses great
interest for novices in gems, and the
jeweler is called upon half Il dozen
times day 20 explain the beauties of
the specimens
1T took long time TO get this col
lection together" the jeweler said
''and 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 com bina-
tions in the sunlight is enhancing
Each predominant hnc seems to impart
distinct luster to the prisnatic Scintil-
lations. When the tray is swung to
and fro in the sunbeaJns it gives forth
as you see perfect blaze of rainbow
colors. These gems also illustrate diff
ferent cuttings of the diamonds We're
they all set in a bracelet or brooch OF
u necklace they would make rarely
beautiful trinl1et, bun il would cost i
heap of money"
The jewelcr picked ont one sparkle
with pair of diamond twcczers and
held it forward in the show window.
- ,,.,,, J.
like 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 a black diamond and
is valued at twenty-five hundred dol
lars. 1t weighs triiic less than four
/ k;uats. It's beauty lies in the fact that
IL changes its color in different lights.
| In this strong sunlight you sec it is al
most black. but it gives forth a pris-
matte radiance greater than that emit
ted 10y the best of the black gems. In
raslight, you observe, the black hue
becomes 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 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 jeweIer sis
another curiosity" lie picked up
three-karat white stone with the tweez-
ers. 1T is n specimen that will prove
to you that there is "A difference of sex
| in the gems. This is what is called the
female, Il multiplying diamond
He held the gem nnder a strong mag
nifying glass and pointed to four or
five smaller diamonds, clustered a bout
one of the facets at the edge of the ta-
bic of the stone. The male gem" the
| jeweler said, lis sharp-pointed and
never gathers these embryo gems
There is a fine specimen alongside that
pink stone. 1t surprises most people
/ who see those specimens to be told that
they are of different sex as well as col
DTS, but such is the fact ''-Jewelers'
leview.
\ Sensitive saint.
\ painter had been commissioned to
;int the image of q saint on the re-
tory wall OF convent The price
tipulatcd was very low. but it was