The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

/ UritinTs have ssen about II ssy n WaS trans
lucent Sinne. green IA color aud sItsked viii
| white I recently saw stone hat nts ihls de-
| sCTlption and the oWurf sad The Indians Salirt
# the ~feAiher Of ti.Si.- Ahd TIA, u MAS sul
/ am deeply Intsr-s,r,i Ia thls sIbisct snd would
thank you for any informauon you can give me
JoaHsoS
The most enthusiastic student Of this gem stone
10 Charles a. beers VINO has >peoi ears In h.Hlc,
In searching for deposits Of the s'OBe lie has
supplied the following iufOTmat ton
-ChAIehlhuiu pronounced chal che tail ~As
| the sacred jewel % the ancient MeAlcans They
believed that God himself taught them TO cut anu
polish this gem ~ was more highly estsemeu
and consdrrri much more valuable than Ola
mOnds. Elhies emeTalds. They we're sun
Worshippers and sBnr % the gem material shows
n wOndeTfui resemblance 10 the rays Of th' morn
ing sun ne ahcGrnts Also believed that the
human soul on leaving Inc bOsiy took the form of
. beetle and new up into heaven. snd IN them the
hectic was slmtollraI 90 Immortality and the
type aud symbol Of the deity ~ the riShg sun
From This fact Jewellers In ell ages have ct levels
aad rninrtal- Ia the form Of b-eIie calling them
scarabs' AZ some 10 these gems show plainly
the form aud shape % bcvilr and the r>rm blAnre
that Insect aud Ia the sun, ray, i undOubt eiy
~ha, gave the gem IT. sacred slEninraurc Chal
rhihuhtl i the rarr>t aud most brauuful precious
stone known Its color l. Chanseless and unfad
ing Dr Alfred Zee. Nm-rra', grrate>t Au.
lhonty on precious stones sAys 81 this gem
The gem which the Mexlcans called chAIchihlu
Il Of . most beautifI biur rotor mot'lci With
white Your gem MS the description It, coloE
II OF most beautiful translucent blue. unlike any
other knoWn gem. ITS the blue Of the summer =
say after rain and the nAkrs OF white are IKE the
neecy white clouds that remain In the sly after
'he rain has passed That n will take high ranG
among the gems ~ fashion cannot lie doubted
ny any one who has been privileged To srr IT.
wonderful beauty
Fthnolngi,rS have found \ r,ch yet banning neld
In a.. of
the gem stones The gems may he sough, for
sdorument. valued hecsus- Of their rarity. but
gem stones. often very common In their o~'7Ir
rrncc more highly valued ny reason % some
influence which lnhrre~ IN them ~ this sort -
the lucky use Of iAde hy the chinese % turquoi>e
nv the IunI. Of ladr',e Dpounanu 10y the Maori
of ncphriIr by ihe Ne~ CAleionisn~
Ar- he names rlgGeTald and CourtCusy o.
Norman oriEin having come into ireland ~tth
me norman %, aston. or are they Of ancient Irish
oTiEin' - 7 cot 1HliN
The name CourtrnAy l. onr of The most dis
ting Ilshed IN the English nobility rom tho Nor
NAN period until ihe sU'alndrr ~ the PArI OF
Devon IN the reign o. Henry NIIl The rATies'
ancestor recorded In the pseraEe rolls Il sir HeEi
ns IA de 4 ouTirnay Ia the re'En OF Henry II whose
100 became feudal Ha-on % Oazhanpton and
Niscount OF DevonShlre The IfGge'Aids are
de~eende,i from DoIninus OHIO. UhO Il supposed
20 have been OF the family Of Gberardini OF Flor
eace aud TIT. notion IL confirmed ny the IAtin
form Of name Gstaldlni. assumed by his descend
Ant- TITS uonle passed over into Normandy and
hence In lan- into Fnsi.od where he became 80
great fsVoTi'e with Edward the COMPRESSOR that
he esci,ed the iealoIsy OF the SAxon 'hsne- ~.
.~,n that a. preceded IN. ,.tablI>hm.nt of the
Anglo Sormsn nobility BY te~ years MAaTice
Ft'rgrrald Vas the patriarch Of TIE Irish GerAl.
dine. In i,ss II-rr o, Mac Murrosh Ming o. : eth
s,er driven rro- h,s territory BY Podsrirt ocon
nor King OF ireland. vas assisted BY Stronsbo~
and By Maurice F,,,s-r.id Who va. crea ted I.oni
n, v,.,o,J m. FnsIIsh e.p,ur.d D,.In ara
h.ta I, IA mn when Roieriek taye.,ei u with
N no men and thirty ships o., Of Man Fitzgerald
had bu, soo men In hts garrison but he rave
bAt,le despite the odds and Won the victory and
q beautiful nght n must have bren His descend
ants are Dukes Of Ieins,er aud Yards Of Desmond
have often heani mention made OF The Wei
low BooA Wha, kind % ggelica'"n ~As IT,
Nhen avg " 'eA>e " ehN "he'' 'ah ,NHcs nc
INC auesuoh y N,S'ep"o'r OF ~ ras' NO
hhNNr's S''o'nns ~ 70. N''''Np % Wv p''H>'
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IN a stately volume me sncisn, ~orE Is re
% IT ia snns,-h a tr.n,la,Ion ~,'h cri,lesi .nd
historical notes ~ Prof ChArIe' " Hod-il Of the
"on"n'' College In baltimore
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