The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-14
CHAT ABOUT DIAMONDS.

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"a "a. nor can one ind traces Of his making
u'nsrIments With such an object In Wow.
nr ,orever, have claimed some CUES
.'s.,nls Measure Of success In that direction.
- an. who might be termed scientific
s,s, many things new have been learned.
| y, s.rond exhibits the physical properties
.usr in their highest state OF perfection
w, ,,oves after all to be OF the simplest
,cs, composition. 1t has been matter
s'.,,r,,ao interest to study the peculariues
.o,s,r,ction and to determine II pos
~ secret processes by which nature
7. .,aborsted the most perfect gem from SO
substance as charcoal. Its highest
h.. stimulated it's researches In the
~ Individual profit by its artificial pro-
suan put though mofe complicated forms
.,,.r have been successfully reproduced
II, tsu not yet been made to attain the
.Imple perfection Of the diamond, unless i
,. .rvstals invisible to the naked eye; nos
~, We yet learned from what department Of
.,n,,s works the material has been taken
~, has been SO beautifully perfected, The
.,,.hie Kingdom may have furnished II.
i,.etf receiving from the atmosphere. or
49,. have heen unlocked from those reposi-
.,,. ~ carbon shut up from remote geologi-
3, .,,,ods in the carbonic acid Of the cal
...,ns rocks or limestones, or from such
..t,o,s OF iossilized plants as are NOW
IN IN various stages Of change TO mineral
substance. AAA
a., II the direct object OF these researches
no, beer attained, the forces which have
~. uron IL to give It some OF its peculiari-
hss, been partially determined, as also a
s.,i,ns condition In which it must have OK
IA sir David Brewster. from the exhibit
I'm Of roarlzod light around the minute anu
,,,oy,lar cavities in diamonds has concluded
,bat ,he substance has once been in soft
,,o,e and compressed in these parts by the
1,n,rslye action OF a gas or fluid contained In
AZ cavities, and as various circumstances in
acat, that this softness was not the effect OF
.uber solvents or heat, he Is of the opinion
hs, like amber, the diamond Is vegetable
.shstsnee. slowly consolidated into crys-
,snrs form, The nearest approach to US
,.n-oauctlon has been In the experiments OF
hi psspretz announced 10 the year 1858. By
,,ns continued voltaio action, carbon free
nam any trace of mineral substance, pre-
pareh iro"
mane 10 uepoa'' NJ
oc'anedrons' III ~ .,'.s,. ria,os ~,
arous' anu !" 49, -, =, 49,. $50,
whole Oh w"''n nav -, ,,.o.,Sao.s, IN
Of tne u'alnonu' "NI ...a..'.,,,,,
eoipousV0n "i'N j.. aa- I,
residue ne'ns' - 49,.
Was lmposS'o', 80. 20 ara,
crystals OF 70 ue'el'n'ns ,.isa,,"n =, is saI,
'lon anu ans''S s,,..i,,sa ~, ae.
mat sHl'ia' result n"s w., ..,s ~ s.hor
49,. ,.,oa,is,s boyo not nrogresse.
W. 49, ..a.,,,,o,v,. ~ Gam. "of nures
~
n ,,y,rts bouever have failed to caus.
~ h,.,,no vems ~ Golconda To glow In tn,
or,sihia iese ambitious and less scrupulou,
MON havs succeeded in so mimicking the
,r,csoss female n, tho earth that n ia difficult
10 dsteci tho tr,ckory. The imitation of dia.
modds Nae been carried on To AN astontshln,
degree Of perfecton among the French. Thos
usnly made nv NJ aourguignon are cele
brsted. The sand employed with the produc
linn \, Ms brilliant bopus diamonds Is pro
cured from the forest OF Fontaincbleau an
forms considerable article of trade. Tn
setting Of these mock stones is always OF pur
scld and of the newest fashion. and the orna
nents when COMPLETED rival in delicacy an
ster the unrest diamonds which nature ha
produced, and only nv The closest inspectlo
ran the difference he detected. The chief Oh
lection TO them is their liability to becom
dun in time nv de,iouescence. Nowaday
there arc numerous WAYS of initiating all sort
81 precious stones.
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i nil, ,.oh,,,.. ,n,'.. cam. ., vou
hear that sismonas az found evsn In thi
country True mos, If them are small, hi
there are instances Of large ones being dis
7 covered The most valuable diamond foun
10 the United states WIS picked up by
workman at Manchester nm the hank of IN
James river onposi.e Richmond. in 1856
weighed % 10 karats. An original flaw wa
Increased bv N. rou,b treatment n receive
iron, ,hos. H.. 49, ss :. sou an ia,
ID vsluo n.. ,...-,s,.a - ,ar
& INTO IN. sord. :, ~, 49, $50, Nv non,.,
1 ID, trayelsr.m,ra,a,o,,s, ,ha n,n Who 3,
ltt hrurehsaa =, ,.ei,son ,ror ,he friga
1 ron,,i,o,ion ~ -. 49,. ~, n,oney
4 having n 81, .na !, 80 ,to s,,ro. of h
Y u, tbat anrina - ~ ara,, loo,
2 "a, ,nl,, J.; ", p'Se'ss '"' 80, -,