New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
CYCLOPS, A NEW GEN.
FOUND IN MEXICO AND FIRST EXHIBITED
IN CHICAGO.
From The Chicago Herald.

IN CHICAGO
From The Chicago Herald
At one Of the Chicago jewery stores a new
stone has has been placed on sale. The stone
the discovery. of Edward ). Smith. diamond diamond
The cyc"ps IS pecar memSer of the jswery firm
spect. 1t was first found a number of months ago
,. oy an opal miner @ In an extensive mine near the
whether he had discovered anything Of practical
value: sent It to Chicago to Mr. Smith to have 1t
examined. A large number of the stones varying
In size and character were forwarded in order
that there might be perfect inspection and the
value OF the stones actually gauged. The stones
were cut and it WIS found that they made very
beautiful ornaments for jewelry.
ance of rose on the upper side and vary in size
from a large pea to penny In the centre on
Of quartz Of % reddish color When the stone has
been smoothly cut this little red spot plainly shines
this the stone Is given its name-the cyclops. The
clear quartz substance which is chalcedony. has
in strata and in general shape resembles a hemi-
sphere with the red ball in the middle Of the fiat
side.
Some Of the stones do not possess this single spot
very well defined. but have instead rather cloud
These are not so valuable the more perfect
ones. but are nevertheless precious enough to be
price The stone is entirely new and has been so
pronounced by all experts who have seen IT. Last
Chicago were taken to Europe and were there ex-
hibited TO of the best-known specialists VINO
The popularity of the stone is yet 10 be tested d
rings scarfplns. etc. and will soon De placed on
sale The present value placed upon the stone Is
ing to the beauty and quality Of each individual
specimen. The lapidary gives the "cycl9ps me me
same cutting as he gives the opal Saeu nr en- no
facets are cut but instead smooth rounding sur T.
face In Its native state II Is iouna nsu ,oins ,b
the rock and is only extracted by shatteIing S .ne
stone which surrounds 1t into tnSusIu tS and
In some Instances each stone Is found lsoa,eu anu anu
sotnd evidently having been Joined when the
nrsrtZ was in liquid state. In preakins ,d LII,
anar instead of separating where they are }o'ned "a
ar. s,bsr the connection is sometimes so sohd ana
perfect that a blow breaks one oi ''e "o'"'e' "
two instead. ..ooo ,s ~ considerable i'm
nortance I'm the mineraogical world IL cp Vide
seldom that discovery always a.,Idc''1 Tn onr own
ao"ntrv only three semiprecious stones have peen
found which are not in other parts OF ne ne "vn soil
anericas first discovery peculiar 10 l,s 9"n UnmaI % a.
found about forty years ago on Isle nHra HIHaa IN
lake Superior. This stone was Ha n,,d onIv hy the
i;.o The little island is inhabited oiiiy ps III,
roIte me rnener INC and is visited only occasonaiiy
bv curiosity seekers and mineraioss1 white star.
s ns anne and of a greenish color WIN WI WIZ sraa, -
opaaue Suffered through It, 1t attracted gread md
1eal of attention when IT was hrsi on visit tc
gave tie fame se 20 fs once visited by brother
mor, who told him that he had az y,ere aSt broueh,
new stone for him r when sh a"s smiled and said oh
III N io nseS 10 play with those wheh was '
| boy" r,,,cb WAS native Of America
The secofo found about fifteen years ago II ridden
oa Carolina il found a5,sS Sy the "s ddenite The
and after him Mas Wsh,an emerald and is somewna
in appearance to the ,narsparent Nex
irg translucent ,ss but bdScne comes the cyclops
in dscouef ~ value and in all proDapfY nf rs 81 prede
aTitv the cyclops will ,1arity on'ru and quantity are
But al ,' the of the cyc0pS
Somewhat uncertain