The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
GEMS FOUND IN AMERICA.

GEMS FOUND IN
Fentures or n Government Report Just Issues
sapphire Mines or Nrontnna-The Topaz II
ldnho-The Chnllco Presented TO Trinit,
Church by Prof. Thomas Esieston.
An extract from the eighteenth annual rcporr
of.the United States Geological Survey lS96.97
part w. containing a paper on ''The Produc
ton of Precious Stones In the United States In
1896" by George +. Kunz Of Tiffany g. Co., ha,
been issued from the Government Printing
Office at Washington. SO much time is re
! quired to get these compendiums through the
Government Printing Office, besides that takor
up in collecting and preparing the data in
cluded in them. that their publication is usually
delayed for q long time subsequent to the period
covered by them.
Among the important events connected with
precious stones in 1896. Mr.. Kunz enumerates
the finding In quantity, at Yogo Gulch, Mon,
of snpphires of as fine blue as Ceylonese gems.
although scarcely over one carat in size, and
Of three small diamonds in the same State;
the continued finding of the green, red, blue and
multi colored tourmalines and a perfect crystal
ten inches long a. Haddam, Neck, Conn; the
finding Of large crystallized beryls, many Of
them of gem value, in the feldspar quarrics at
turquoise in the Los Cerillos and Grant county
mines of New Mexico"
Mr.. kunz speaks Of the visit of NJ, Henri
year and OF NJ. Moissan's experiments in the
production of artificial diamonds. although
these gems are as yet commercially unavailable"
and he includes in his enumeration Of events
the presentation Of some Interesting conclu-
the origin Of. the Wisconsin diamonds TO the
Green, Bay, lobe, or the Pigeon River district
i Inn ;ntsIos inc north rnaH 81 IT, - ana inc publication OF
late Prof. H.. Caryill Lewis on the genesis of the
diamond, which brings forth much strong evi.
dence of Its origin from the distillation of hydro
carbons in carbonac: sous shales that have been
penetrated by peridotite or other volcanic in.
Mr.. Kunz says that there are several locali-
Ties now known IN Montana where the sapphire
is found ID an and that there are several e distinct
souri,, sapphires were afterwerd found sin tho
further down In the unaltered igneous rock
itself, the succession thus presenting a close
parallel to the history of the diamond workings
Serious y attention vas first paid to the min
m iaE K ka sapp s b an In e MSnsSes a In as 10 v and I '6s;
occur, lying IS to 100 miles east Of the Mis-.
souri, bars, is being explored and laid out in
YYiGgo Gulch,I on the Yogo fork Of the Judith
The nearest town, fifteen miles to the north.
p Tsst, is NJ ptf Ennl in st the same %nps % county ., The sap
washed out by sluicing, as for gold, the heavy
f% GSsssn q F't aS : Fats At th Moh bot Ton ori MI; s. as s:
coverer of the gems at Yogo Gulch. states that
there are at that point two dikcs containing
lance of 1900 to 5000 feet in an east-west
course, about 800 feet apart.
the same State. One of these is at Rock Creek.
Granite county. thirty miles from Phillipsburg,
where the gems arc reported of good blue color.
with other tints. and some pale rubies. Another
is on Cottonwood Creek. eighteen miles from
Deer Lodge, the stones being Of varied colors-
is recently announced in Choteau county.
A regards the gems themselves, marked diff
ferences appear in those from the two princi,
the GENERALIZATION differs markedly. Those
f the p 1Ss Miss of tb grS nyiags are e fsSss erie , BY
basal plane, and rarely any Of the rhombohec
Sral modihea,ions, the prsy1 ing forms being
he be1ta aS2Iat. either prismatio so short as to
70 Mr. isx Kun SoIe says thSt il is esrdly possible yet
beautiful material has already been obtained.
have BEEN f S'psf5 but' tf6 rse de,e and blape enR ap sIo rss
far not been discovered there. Those found
that the Judith River region is more promis.
Ing; the c9lSrs varying from light blue to
phireA of Ceyion. Others incline to amethyst.
peacock blue and s snne0 dio hpe%S 81 sh .SSm sr q
deeper tint in one direction than in another,
and some of the 'cornfower, gems are equal to
semble, more than they do those Of Cashmere"
small ruby corTnduns. he says again, were
reported as found near Custer, ~ D.. was
reported ti'1 by &. F. Moore Of a"G Rose 81 aqSnG Boise %ss
@ G9iHlnsT north a w Of BolsS O. H E9ldl ts srnSe IN p 9bs sro 100
habit with those from tho AlabaschEa locality in |
the Irals. The crystal is of a greenish color, |
metres In length and 40 millimetres at its great |
est breath Associated with It are amethyst
Although Artificial minerals are not within
the province of the report, Mr.. ,Kunz takes oc.
sfsio is TO on Say peer Of Sqis + ,pe Siamob that f.! fer an fbra;
foTmed In large quantities in magnificent erys.
e eF1ifSf oan af' 3 Thsss eq aTe IN move sle a a e sS an" any MIN Inn:
mense scale at Niagara Falls"
ciesiastiGai purposes is growing more frequent,
and he describes what he says Is the most re.
teweied communion chaiicc presented to Trim.
ef the School of Mines, Columbia University.
Mr., kunz says:
THE chaliGo Is nine inches high and half
f faar. % aiis 1t rises from a cup embossed with
amethysts, and Indian carbuncles. The stem
has three blue sappliircs. two yellow diamonds,
the top of the base bears six Ceylonese chryso.
perryis ana 2 green toIrInaline from Maine.
Below, ne sides OF the base form six vertical
gold-of the Crucifxion. the Alteration, and The
baptism OF Christ, respectively-separatcd by
three foriated panels. two OF passion fowcrs
and one OF g iewelled cross. All these are set
with beautiful gems; the passion flowors i'm
one OF the panels have an emerald for the cen.
lro Of each. In the Other a sapphire; tho cross
consists. OF five stones, the one mt the intorsec.
lion being n yellow sapphire; tho left arm a
red zircon; the right a moldavito tho rare
green volcanic glass Of Moravial: above ~ n
green sapphire rOricntal emerald, and below
. green zircon and an anda'usite. AT the ion
ll the pnnol IS 4. star ruby C%asterial, and at The
bottom "A Brazilian topaz. At tho foot OF tho
ross arc two garnets, one from Nevada, ruby.
the other a green dcmantoid cCralian EN-.
sraldD from tho raj Mountains; around il in tho
spaces, are four rubeilites.
An The. panels and the foot OF the chalice are
inlaid. the latter with six Ceylonoso
alternating with Siriam carEuncIns.
md between these twelve green garnets. In ali
mere are $50 stones, and the list or species IN
diamond, emerald. garnet. molda.
lite, mOOnHlOnh. nhrihnf rnhN snnnhirn Innn