The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-09-15
Ti IHE TRADE IN DIAMONDS
AN IEPoRrER TALKS ABOUT ira
TRICKS AND ANNoYANoEs.
Wherc tho Precious Stones Como
From--Cutting and Modelling the
Diamonds-Their Color,


lr mines mt tho southern end of Afr;c,
ir Inere arc sevon or oight OF tbot
mines, the largest being the KirnbesJ,
l. whlch covers some twenty acres Z
8 land. In the last sixteen yoars tbos
mines have yielded largely. many Ar
s stones having bcen found. Bnt th
u himneriy stones with tho excentio,
OF tho celebrated Peter Rhodes stonn
, which weighed 100 carats in tho rono,
|, -hre not always of tho finest onality'
lhongh largo tthey get them as high
as 'uo carats) many of them are only
worm cntfinS into smaller stones
India once did but nd longor does
enter into trade Considerations as n
great diamond producing country.
mo Brazilian diamond, though small.
Is often OF a finer Idslity than tho
AFRICAN or Indian stone. In Brazil
tne diamond is usually found in tho
sandy beds OF rivers, whilo tho Cape
'tohes arc dug out ut a depth of from
ooo to 900 feet below tho eur faoe. The
brazilian stones arc found in kind OF
SOFT, soapy muck called bI;;o eartI,.
some are almost round, whilo Others
pave eight sides 4R weight theywill
parntivcly fow rtonos above fifteen
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phiros and opnls A carat il u triHo
over seven ponnywcight Troy weight.
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wnntnrr m TT snnri % ne ~ ,,,,s.u-u'u, :, a''s,
cut mr. n rosc-cut diamond.
"You mny have noticed tho many
littIo nInccs or sides to II cut diamond.
Thcsc mr., technically called facets. A
.iuylc.cut diamond has eighteen fnc,ts
md n fuIl cnt Stone has ffty-cight
s,c,ts. distributrl above and below
tho rirdlc in th9 proportion | havo
inst mcuti,urL A small stone will
usunlIv bny, onlv tho single cut of
,i,htn,n siI,s A full-cut diamond is
,,II,J , brilliant md this term il in
,,rroctIv ,nuJicI sometimes to Paris
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"kHynrliuS the color of diamonds,
ii continued the speaker, 'thrre is ever
II imngnnbl" tint, but tn princ'na
l. trade colurs are tho stanlnrd white
~ the BLUSH tint, the yellow and tn
Ia brown. The white, while the mos
~ valuable, il not always the most bril-
n. mut. The bluiSh tint il II fnvorite IN
!" much sought after. Tho yellow stol
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