The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-29
DIAMONDS MADE IN TIE SKY
tAat Il the Only Place Where Pen.
fest 6ems Arc PReduced.

Fiat Il the Only Place Where Psse
fest 0sms Arc Produced.
he only really perfect diamonds
which are to be found on this globe are
those which fall from the sky In meteor
ties. All diamonds which are mined
IN the diamond fields Of the world are
only fragments Of gems.
That is startling statement, but Q
sttll more startling one is that all the
diamonds to be found on our planet
have fallen on our earth from the skies
and have not, an most Of us thought,
been produced here like coal and other
mineral products.
Yet this Is the latest scientific asser-
tion with regard to the worlds stock
Of this precious stone The whole stock
Of the Kimberley mines, with their I'M
known resources, and all the gems Of
this character to be found in any part
Of our planet, all have fallen from
space at some time or other.
Somewhere In the illimitable distance
that surrounds us there Is a vast dia-
mond factory, the only place where
perfect gems are produced, and from
this factory we have received a large
supply In the past and are still occa-
sionally receiving an odd consignment
What reasons are there for believing
thisf
The first piece Of evidence Is that the
whole Of the rock In which the Kim
berley gems are found is similar to
nothing else on earth. It has been CIV
en- . distinguishing name kimberley,
and it corresponds exactly with the
matter Of which meteorites are COM
posed.
In plain language, the whole Of that
vast mass Of rock fell ON earth from
the skies at some late period OF the
worlds formation. This Is rather stag
gering, but it must be remembered
that there Is mountain In Arizona
which is acknowledged by all scientists
to be meteoric mountain. And dia-
monds are being found at that spot.
Diamonds are found practically In
superficial layers Of the earth's crust.
That is another proof of their celestial
origin. Further the diamond crystals
are formed like no others that are of
earthly origin. This is regarded as
strong proof that they fell from above.
1t Ia curious that our diamonds are
not perfect and that some of them
when first brought from Kimberley
mines and exposed to the air explode
and crack into several pieces. Now,
tho afnuoa which r<r,, a doxrv,, A., x~,o+<n,x
ties also explode when they are taken
from the protecting mass which covers
them completely. This is due to the
peculiar conditions which prevail
where the stones are produced, and
these conditions cannot prevail on the
earth, as the oxygen prevents them.
In order to make diamond it is nee
essary that the constituents should DO
very hot and then cooled quite sudden
~. Nothing else will account for the
peculiar shape Of the crystals and the
general formation of the gem. The
earth did not cool suddenly, and so the
gems could not have been produced on
this planet.
In every spot where diamonds are
found the ground Is of a nature which
exactly resembles the matter of me-
teorites and Is different from other lay
ers Of the earth's surface. The best
places to ind them should be In the
lands toward the south pole.
The nearer the south pole the more
chance Of discovering diamonds, and
the probability is that If man ever
reaches that end of the earth and dis
covers that 1t is not sea Of Ice, but q
plain Of solid land covered with snow,
then he will also find that it is the rich
est diamond mine in the world.
This curious fact of diamonds CON-
ing to US from the sky opens up an
equally strange field Of speculation.
Suppose there were to be a small show
er Of meteorites containing these gems.
II 1t has happened before, as scientists
contend. why shouldn't It happen
again 1Pearson's Magazine.