El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-03
CYCLOPS, A NEW GEM.
Found in Mexico and First Exhibited
i'll Chicago.

Found in Mexico and First Exhibited
i'll Chicago.
At one OF tt Chicago jewelry stores
a new stone has been placed on sale.
The stone IS called the "cyclops,' and
| is practically the discovery of Edward
j. SIN til, diamond expe 1T, who Is a
member OF the jewelry firm. The
cyclops is peculiar and original in
every re-pe t. It WAS first found Il
number of months ago by an opal
miner in m extensive mine near the
Guy OF Mexico. TIE miner in order
to ascertain whether he bad discover
ed anything of practical value. sent it
to Chicago to Mr. SIN tn to have it eX-
amineu. A large numb II OF the stones,
varying in size aud character, were
for warde ed in order that there might
be perfect Inspection and the va ue
Of the stOnes actually guaged. The
stones were cut, and it was found that
hey made.very beautiful ornaments for
jewelry.
In the rough thu stones have much
the appea- auce Of rose on the upper
ST e aac va y il size from large pea
10 penny. La t Re C znler on the under
side of each one is a s1ugle little
noiule of quar- of lie idish color.
When the stone has been smoothly
cut this little red SPOT plainly shlues
through the clrar substance of the
stone, and from this the stone is given
It's nme-tre cyclOp5 The clear
qua rts So bste nee, which is chalcedony,
has apparently accumulated on t. e
red colored nodule in strata, and in
ger ecal shape resembles II hemisphere
with the red ball in the middle of the
fiat side.
Some of the stones do cot possess this
single spot very we'll defined, but have
Taste ad rather clouded interior re-
sem Hling the agate TO some extent.
These are not SO valuable as the more
Pc feet Cnes, but are nevertheless
precious enough to be set in pieces of
jewelry and offered at good price.
The stone is en,i"ely new and has been
so pronounc. by all experts who have
seen it Last summer the same spe l.
mems which are now in Chicago were
taken 20 Europe and were there ex-
hibited to so ne of the est known
specialists, who pronounced them
beautiful and WI II worth developing.
The popularity of the stone is yet to
be tested. TIE stones are now being
set in various ways, in rings. scarf pins,
ETC.. and will soon be placed on sale.
The present value placed upon The
stone is about the same as that of the
opal, varying according to the beauty
and quality of each Individual speci-
men. The lapidary gives the ''cyclops'
the same cutting as he gives the opal,
call en- cabochon. In this cutting,
as is we'll known, no facets are cut, but
instea d smooth rounding surface. In
it's native state it is found imbedded in
the rock and is only extracted by shat
tering the stone y hich surrounds it in
to q thou and pieces. In some Instances
each stone is found isolated, and again |
they are found two or three INSOFAR b. |
ly connected, evidently having been
Joined when the quartz was in liquid
: tate. In breaking them Hp TT, instead
of separate g where they are joined to-
eether, the connection is sometimes so
solid and perfect that a blow breaks
one of the nod ules in two instea d
The finding of a new stone is of con-
Importance in the miueralo-
gical world. 1t happens so seldom
that discovery always attracts much
wide attention and considerable COM
meut. In cur own country only three
semipre ciops stones have been found
which are not in other parts of the
world.
Americas first discovery, peculiar to
its own soil, was fourd about forty
years ago on Isle Royal in Lake SUI
perior. This stone was cilied the
ch orastro;ite. The little Island is in
habited only by the lighthouse keeper
and is visited only occasionally bv
curious seekers ana m1nefaiORletS Ids
stone is opaque and of ereeuish color.
with white star-like spots scattered
through it. Itattractad a great deal of
attention when it was first discovered
and gave 20 little fame to Isle Royal.
On visit to Europe Mr.. Smith was
once visited by brother expert, who
told him tt at he had at last found
a new stone for him. When the stones
were brought in for inspection Mr..
Sm't tn smiled and said: ''Oh, yes,
u ed to play with those when l was a
small boy"
The second stone, which was a native
of Ameri only, was found about fif-
teen years ago in North Carolina. 1t
was found by man named Hidden,
and after him was called the "Hid-
denite.' The hiddeci.e is a lithian
emerald and is somewhat simila" in APP
pearauce to the ordinary emerald. be-
iug translucent, but scarcely transps-
rent. Next in discovery to the hidden
tie comes the cyclops. AS a gem of
value and in all probability in popular
ity the cyclops will outrauk either of
its predecessors. But its popularity
and quantity are both problema .ical
the future of the cyclOps is somewhat
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