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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo13amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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A superb group of amethyst crystals (height 5; inches) from Upper Providence, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania. In these gem crystals the purple coloring is unevenly distri- buted, as in the Siberian amethysts making a rich royal purple tint in the cut stone equal to that of any known gem found at an altitude of 14,000 feet, in the zone of almost perpetual snow. Addi- tional specimens to be noted are some wonderful yellow beryls from Ceylon, one of 57T9g- carats; a beryl of 12j carats from Mt. Mica, Paris, Maine; twelve stones, one of 14§ ; carats from Litchfield, Connecticut, and a deep brown specimen from the Ray Mine, Mitchell Co., North Carolina. The collection of tourmalines numbers 79 cut and 13 uncut specimens. Here we have examples as varied as the sapphires in their coloring. There are magnificent red and pink stones from Pala Chief, California; one from Madagascar weighing 40; carats; another from Sarapulka, Russia, as well as specimens from the state of Minas Geraes, Brazil. A large irregular mass is said to be from the eye of an idol in India and to have been secured during the Sikh war. A series of the wonderful bicolored stones, part yellow and green, the balance of the stone being red, are from Mesa Grande, California; there is also a red and blue bicolored stone from the same locality. Noteworthy and interesting are some tourmalines from Brazil in which there is a red center bordered by white, with an outer line of green. A series of more than a dozen blue, dark green and green tourmalines come from the famous locality at Mt. Mica, Paris, Maine. The topaz series numbers 55 cut and 15 uncut stones. It is one of the most 164

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