Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-06-02
DIAMONDS MADE IN THE SKY
.'int Is the Only Place Where Per-
feet Gems Are Produced.

fcct Gems Arc PrOtuCcd.
The nilly really perfect diamonds
which are To BIZ found OH this globe are
those which fall from the sky in meteor
ties. MI diamonds which are mined
i'm the diamond fields of the world arc
only fragments of gems.
That is IL startling statement, but
still more startling one Is that all the
diamonds TO be found on our planet
have fallen OH our earth from the skies
and have not. as most of us thought,
been produced here like coal and other
mineral products.
Yet tlii, is the lnt;s't scientific aSscr-
ton with regard to the WORLDS stock
of this precious stone. Tho whole stock
OF the Kimberley mines. with their I'M
known resources. and all the gems Of
this character to be found III any part
Of our planet. MI lave fallen from
spacc at some time or other.
Somewhere in the llimitablc distance
that surrounds us there Is II vast dia-
mond factory. The only place where
perfect gems are produced, and from
ibis factory we have received n large
supply in The past and are still occa-
sonnlly receiving an odd consignment!
What reasons are there for believing
this?
The first piece of evidence is that the
whole of the rock In which the kim
bcrlry gems arc found is similar to
nothing else Oh earth. II has been Civ
III distinguishing name Ulimbcrlcy),
and II corresponds exactly with the
matter Of which mctcoritcs are COM
posed
In plain language The whole of that
vast mass of rock fell OH earth from
the skies ut some late period of tile
worlds formation. This Is rather stag
Ecrin::. but ii must be remembered
that there is Il mountain in Arizona
which Is acknowledged by all scientists
TO hr mctroric mountain. And lia-
monls are icing found at that spot.
Diamonds are found practically In
superficial layers of The cartli's crust.
That Is another proof of their celestial
origin. Further the diamond crystals
arr formed like no others that are OF
earthly origin. I'hiS Is regarded ms Il
strong proof that they fell from above.
Ii is curious that our diamonds are
not perfect AMI that some of them
when frs, brought from kimhmrlry
mines and exposed 10 The air explode
and crack into several pieces Now,
the stones which come down in meteor
ties also explode when they arc taken
from The protecting mass Which covers
them completely. This is due To the
peculiar conditions which prevail
where the stones are produced, and
illcs" conditions cannot prevail on the
earth. rs ilc oxygen prevents them.
In order To make Il diamond il is nee
cssiry thai The constituents Should be
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 arc
found the Ground is OF nature which
exactly resembles the matter of me-.
tcOrltrs and is different from other lay
rrs of the rarth's surface The hest
places to find them should he in the
lands toward the south pole.
The nearer the south pole tho more
chance of discovering diamonds, and
The probability is That if man ever
reaches that end of the earth and dis
covers That It Is moi Il sea of ice. but a
plain of solid llnd covered with snow,
then he Will also find that 1t is the rich
est diamond mine In the world
This curious fact of diamonds COM
Ing to us from the sky opens up an
equally strange field of speculation.
/; Suppose there were 10 he Il small show
rr of mctcoritrs containing these gems.
IL II has happened before. as scientists
contend. why shouldn't 1t happen
ngnin?-Pcarson' Magazine.