Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1912 — Worth Three Times a Diamond. [ARTICLE]

Worth Three Times a Diamond.

Nearly all the emeralds mined today come from Colombia. And. in spite of tbe supposed higher value of diamonds, the emerald Is the moat precious of gems. Carat for carat, a flawless emerald would bring perhaps three times the price of a flawless diamond in the jewelry market India, the storehouse of precious stones, is credited with producing the first emeralds, but the Oriental emerald is not identical with the modem gem, as it is a variety of the ruby, of green color and extremely rare.