Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-07
VANISHING GEMS.
BY FxxDEAIC J. HASKIN.
.speet.l correspendAnce q The Arsas)

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81 FNDEAIC J. AADAlN.
Especial CofresDondence Of The ArguS).
1000 ,..w j. t,r.,4ou. stts,as
we're never 90 precious - they are todsy. wiz
eut diArnonda worth 1 thousand dollars carat
- .,,,.. .,rev.,a. ana sapuhires Of tho
80 ~ -. th.r siamonds.
Hnsss 0usAal$ W. - 2. 49, N..,.,,a
the truly pfecapus ss.ones lAse tuae
the reach OF al put me moea asi.,., .rr.
Waldemar !. 1cn.,ie1 =. sns ..onss .sv.
vey. whp 10 IN expert on Wesagae $1,000 ~. !. A.
that this, ike almost eseiytnns s.se, ..,.,,s
partly to the war. the mninA =. paoS ~
STOKES has faiien on sresty ~ ~. ~ -. .h.t
years But It y Que even more 70 tne ievS I'M M
the supply Of these stones ID nature = steeuy
diminishing.i TINS. OF course, aoos my .pp.s
20 exactly to pearls, Fnicn are "u. II
BY oysters. Pearls are not WITHIN. MT. sen ma.
hers jurisdiction. bscause they|are not min
erals. but pearls are also oecon'lns esf.s
more expensive, s... ..o,..
The astonishing value which precious stcns.
hare acquired BY becoming scarce nas 1s en
rise to many interesting oeyeivpmens ,.sS
. bit Of diamond the rse OF tnS up =. ~ Ns.s-
pencil ID worth Thousand ooAA.s :,. anu -.
the struggle for the necsssities OF me - o...
ter ~ it 10. II takes bold man or woman 70
wear many diamonds. Many, OF couIso, ~ !.
In spitD Of the risks, but the NUMBER VI Se =.
which repose In caskets and never see tne
light Of day IL undoubtedly Increasing. lnele
are many famous jewels which nave moi oee =
seen for generations. Sucn, IoI eA.mps' . =
the famous srsan.a 1lsT !. ~ 90. IocSsd nm
government Of Portugal Is Yep. p =. ~ ~ -
In safe ana no one ~ .S." a .Sst ths tsmons
1t ID said one reason lor TINS 10 INA. .no ."s :.
Briganxa stone 10 not dismono =. az ,,.r uas
merely chunk OF quartz no one 40 ~ novs 81
to SEQ 1t because II II was seen W ~ - :
its real nature would pecoMe nuow ~ eaI ..s
Portuguese government wooio ps INC '1''sS,
OF an fnternanonal Musn. 49,. :. ,o,h;r.
/ The value OF GEM - ,ris n :. -. s,,.mr.
to the vaiue tnst tney ~"i .as-e.. svsrv dav
for they are Decomlnk ss ~ Sssro"nJ
There Is no bettef investmen. snan n-n-;dad
ruby, sapphire q ~ ~ S1.hs., knn.,stv
the stone ID genuine anu =. .ne ~ ~ els.
oucn e.one - NV =. 800 w. could nossihly
than any stock OF oona sou s .o+ p ~ h.vs
buy. But unless you are An sAH ~. It,,
the advice OF one DO mol rush in'o 'ni' ',n,
OF irses.m sr. TO ,r.c,ou. stones which W
! There are Two PieSous sso S.,.L =. ~
There are Two pfecIous s'ores wn.Sn ~sss.
Will probably always n.se N sDrnua ma.
are the iaoy eno 'no aappA ~ ,rrsfs,
ana sappnlIes IL Msnu.s ,,,h, ~ 90 =
tion stones Dut genuine onss Ia. a.hsr
pn1re ID notnins Dus sAu n.n...,,.s ~ NO.,
wise known as siuTTin No. T.n In. .s,.sd Whe,
l - ..,.>. n,r,oto 1l{ra form
melted tnis suDs.ance uasss s-ssran.s Th,
ana q clear ana Desu.aui ave-. az.
color 10 que 70 impurities N 'no CO - .SI,a.
\ II the color 10 reo II ID ruby anu -
1t Is sapphire
Perfectly gooo ruDies anu sappnns1 90
be made by melting corunoum ana cvio..fs
with various substances. Inese lunleS an'
sapphires have exactly the same cnemical com
position ~ the rubtes and sappnlres mat pc
cur in nature, and exactly the same appear
lance, except for very minute oinerences: wn r.
1t takes an expert to detect. inc strncnn
made stone usually contains uny ~ DuDo'1
which may be detected win micIoscvpe
Is also more perfect tnan the naIuFal e'on'
To any but an expert these oiHefences al
imperceptible. Yet natural ruDies are woft
thousand dollars or more a carat, while syl
thetic rubies may be bought wnolesaie ior
to 50 cents carat ~ ].
J Naturally this affords. one q the sreatel
opportunities for fraud IN the Worio, ano
is no doubt consistently improved. TOT =
ample, man aoveruseo Iof SAFE se,y y.
duby which had been pronounced genuine
an expert whom he named-a student OF gen
in the National museum This man did nav
genuine ruby, which he showed 10 the e.
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