Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1858 — Fabrication of Diamonds. [ARTICLE]

Fabrication of Diamonds.

One of llf- most curious sights. j ;l I’ ;l i-j h || s said to b -ati'orded by.it visil to the fust \vo;ksiior sos M . Upurgli in lion, where Ihe whole prj,ccSs of trtiiisfomt'Hlg II few. or tins of dirt v. Im-;i v\ looking send into a diamond of the purest wilier, i» doily Rttinir ou.'witli fin* tivjuved pm-pode of de'cei vino ever yin <iv but the iuiyr. Tlju coloring matter lor imitating' emeralds, rubtek and sapphires is entirely titi oral, .aml h-s be.tjn brought to a high perfection by ,M . Kourguignoii. Many operators are employed', whose business it is to polish the colored stones tend Ijyp the false pearls with fish scales and wax; the scales of the roach and dace are chiefly employee! for this purpose. They must be stripped from the fish while living, of the glistening fire, so much admired in the real pearl, cannot he imitated. j J7A man's head, minus the liodv, was found in the river at Hastings, Minnesota, last w eek. Tiie fact produced great excitement The head hud, from appearances, been cut from the hod) I by a sharp instrument of some hind.