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Show NEVADA'S RICH OPAL DEPOSITS I Mention has been made of the opal deposits of Virgin Valley. Humboldt Hum-boldt County, Nev., in the chapter on pre- l .us stones in several of the annual reports on the mineral resources re-sources of the United States, published pub-lished by tho United States Geological Geolog-ical Survey. The quality of the opals was thus described in the report re-port for 191 1'. "The best gem opal from this region Is unexcelled in variety and brilliance of Are and color by that from other localities. The cut gems exhibit wonderful flashes of green, blue, yellow and red of various shades. In some the color Is uniform uni-form over the whole stone or over large areas, changing as the gem is turned from green to red or from red to blue and so on. Some of the gems show a rich ultramarine blue in one position, with green or red In another. Many gems display various va-rious bright colors arranged In patches, and each patch changes color as tho stone is turned. The brilliant flashes of peacock-feather JH colors obtained from the opal of dark color yields a gem which might HJ be called black opal, but most of It is not Lke the Australian gem of H that name, since it occurs In thick pieces and the colors are less lo- HJ i allzed. The majority of the dark colored gems, no matter how beau- tiful in reflected light, become a j rich reddish brown color In trans- j initted light Lighter-colored opal with good color and fire Is also 1 found and cuts into very beautiful f gems HJ "The locality was visited by Dong- I B las P. Sterrott. for the Geological I Survey August 19. 20 and 21. 1913. HH for the purpose of procuring lnfor- Al matlon for the report on mineral JH resources for 1913 and for an en- I larged report on precious stones to h be prepared during the course of H the next three years" "Did you hear that Johnson had (fc.' married his typist"" K "No. How aro they getting on?" HJ "Oh, samo as ever. When he H starts to dictate, she takes him HJ Hl |