New-York tribune., 1896-01-05
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TOPAZ

TOPAZ? That delicate pink had an idea all
topazes yellow We had necklace OF them
made for a masquerade once when | was girl;
they were set in paste. Nobody took much account
OF them"
at is q common error TO suppose topaz always
yellow" said the salesman ''They are OF all coors
Those found in Bohemia are a delicate sea-greeh'
and those obtained from Brazil are sometimes as
pale a pink as this. and sometimes deep cafmihc
red
What are those grass-green stones asked the
customer. peering into the showcase.
"ONvines They are very popular, too. this year
They are found IN the same sands that furnish the
topaz and tourmanes. They are OF varying shades
OF green Under friction they become electric. ana
stay so for several hours.
The tray containing numerous ornaments sHtier-
ing with clusters Of tiny olivnes was placed on the
counter and finally the customer selected brooch
in the shape OF a pheasant, whose outspread tan
and crest sparkled with hundred dyes 1hefe
were fish, fowl. serpents. all sorts OF symDoic "e-
signs of beautiful workmanship. exposed on the
white velvet surface. but the pheasant S'"a' 'e'
shapely, won the day
THE price Of this ring? inquired young man dr.
the Colonial dame left the store.
Nineteen dollars. That is carbuncle' Inc s'one'
with its fuctuating fires burning like coal was
handed out for examination
"What's the difference between caTpunc'e anu
garnet?" asked the shopper.
"rbev mr.. one and the same. Some writers say
that The stone was originally called carbuncle from
scarbo meaning a live coal. and others that IL ,ooA
som and kernel OF the pomesranate. ir ',.n h
II took the name garnet from Bfanulii Er ",
cause It often found In giau.ai iUi t,,nHo
come from Norway Switzerland; SPAN, rhnrIe
st.n The finest come from Ceyion Inc catnIhcIe
is simply an almandine cut with convex SUI suiihoe a
the back being followed Out so az 70 , II thai
stove vas ruby It would be worth *lo"' yer the
carbuncie is very beautiful TO look at .,o man
..]1et me zee those studs. sald the youas @ 1"n ,,
What is the tradition about these! ne aSHeu'
! looking a them adm.ringiy ons,or.s Unmarried
glory and heroic beauty to "hoeveI ~ ranon
With due understanding The most bdant b,s vr
ree ne were aHd fonod Il Vas held only ths easie
nest and from that belief they nsed trihe 40 Dg The
the eagles stone; sohle o. ,"wer n make trees
Srv,tt,l 70 cur, epilepsy and the Ike. don't Know
half the fables that attach TO the n;,ehn mare
II is these old beliefs that make II vaua1s a i a.
,ban anv substantial merit. Some believed mat u
Increased and diminished with the waxing anu "ah az
ing Of the moon. that 1t contained "''"" II '"e
The torrmaline tacynth or hyacinth amethys', @
nerdot aauarnarin other semi-pIeci2us n'o,,s
which fashion has swept IN n'o 90 sreen II is Sa:ied
IIar The sea water but when II verges toward d
warm yellow 1t Is known as beIyi o1ne "a - vaI
stones show The des.raoie ai anu no much used ex-
s' for sgnet rings and bric-a-brac but II u go.
as polish for other stones ana ioi me ia Egvn, an
were OF b,oodstone, and by the anceh's II
was much VaIueu. s.. ,ha nerjao, vas regarded
s Of more value than the diamond .n ne ,,'' ~ u
iosoiv resemble emeralds. the deeper ',c si.
ore valuable the stone. 1t Is SO soit home'e,
to be easily scratched ~ is Da The m largest
co.o.r,ed TO- from the Middle Ages remain uh'i'""eN
bv any modern discoveries.