Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1912 — GAIN SHOWN IN GEM OUTPUT [ARTICLE]

GAIN SHOWN IN GEM OUTPUT

Sapphire Leads in Tabulation for 1911, With the Turquoise Second and Emerald Third. Washington. —American output of precious gems, though small, is increasing every year, and the total for 1911 showed a goodly increase over that of 1910, according to a bulletin just Issued by the United States geological survey. The yie»d tn 1911 showed 82,750 worth of diamonds. $9,500 worth of emeralds, $215,313 s&rth of sapphires and $44,715 worth of turquoise. Promising finds of emeralds haVe been made in North Carolina, some of the''gems running as high as SIOO to S2OO a carat The largest emerald found hat been about one inch by three-quarters by onehalf. Most Aifierican diamonds some from California and Arkapsaa