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Show Worth Three Times a Diamond. Nearly all the emeralds mined today to-day come from Colombia. And, in spite of the supposed higher value of diamonds, the emerald is the most precious of gems. Carat for carat, a flawless emerald would bring perhaps three times the price of a flawless diamond dia-mond in the jewelry market. India, the storehouse of precious stones, is credited with producing the first emeralds, em-eralds, but the Oriental emerald is not identical with the modern gem, as It is a variety of the ruby, of green color and extremely rare. |