Cañon City record., 1905-07-13


value. the cutter makes as finished
Job as he can of 1t, the appearan.
counting for more than the stone I
self.
II real diamond be used as mini
ture reading glass. aided by if
magnifying glass. a tiny dot on pap
appears clear and clean. Su,istitu.
the false stone. and severa1 points q
one badly broken one will be seen ow
Ing to unequal refraction-
Then you can try the familiar czper
ment Of scratching II sheet OF glass
Because your stone viii scratch doc
not prove its eenuineness. howeye
Try to break the glass evenly on III
scratch. No other stone can cut through
the outer skin Of sheet OF glass 1T
give certainty to All even fracture Ike
a diamond.
Your true diamond Is proof against
the hardest file, bus the instrument VIII
easily scratch any imitation that has
ever been made.
Having scratched your pretty bit OF
glass Till IL Is worthless. drop Il and
the diamond into hydroGuorie acid. Be
fore long the glass will be dissolved.
but the diamond will not suffer at ALL
THEN there is still another expert
ment. Take a bit OF stuE with red AMI
white markln pass the stone 20 be
tested over it aud closely observe the
result. II the stone be an imitation
the colors will be distinguIshable
through ii; II il he diamond no dif-
ference OF color VIII be appreciabie.
A genuine diamond rubbed upon
wood or metal. after having been pre-
viously subjected TO the rays OF the
electric ART. becomes phosphoEeseent
In the dark This cannot be said OF
any of the limitations. II the stone
TO be tried be covered with horax paste
and after being well heated In the al
cohol flame dropped into glass Of
water the proof will be instantaneous.
\ The glass imitation will dy into bits,
| while the genuine stone will not be af-
| fected. Finally, try to crush between
two hard plates diamond and an im-
| ftation and learn the difference
After the diamond the sapphire is the
hardest stone. With her more beauti-
| full sister she possesses also the quality
| Of resisting the attacks OF the file. but
she is, however. cloudy in appearance
and of a milky hue. The topaz Is
slightly yellowIsh and surrenders to the
cutting teeth OF the fle. There are u
great number Of white diamonds. but
q pure, clear. transparent stone without
q shade Of color Is more rare than Is
often supposed
Besides white diamonds there are
some which exhibit the shades Of red.
blue. green. yellow. brown. black and
pink. Heat sometimes causes q dia-
mond to change its color. and after a
time the color thus acquired becomes
permanent Yellow diamonds. or those
commonly denominated .'o6 color
furnish the greatest variety Of shades
and some OF them exceed In beauty all
other stones OF that color.
Specimens OF canary colored dia.
monds are by no means rare. They
may almost be said to be common. A
pink or rose colored diamond 10 Of
great value. and the red diamond sur.
passing the ruby in It's magnificent col
orfug. is considered the most beautiful
OF all the precious stones. being ex-
cecdingly rare. The one bought by
Paul. czar OF Russia. weighed ten
carats and cost him two and one half
million francs. A perfectly black dia-
mond Is almost as rare as n red one.
For. beauty the blue stones come d.
rcctly after the red diamonds. Those
possessing the deep blue. and in this
respect resembling the sapphire. are in
deed most beautiful gems. differing
from the sapphire only in quality and
By the magnificent fiery colors peculiar
to the diamond. The only true blue
diamonds come from the mines in In
dia. The varieties OF green are not %
rare a. the blues. reds. blacks and
pinks. but those Of grass green hue like
the beautiful emerald are seldom found.
Where they do exist. however. they sur
| raaa In hrfilia n~v the 6nauf usu~rsld