Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1895-03-14 | Page 8 | A Ring out of a Diamond

A RING OUT OF I DIAMOND A ring so cut was exhibited at the Antwerp exhibition when It was the admiration of the diamond cutters and merchants being the first successful attempt to cut a ring out of a single stone There are a great many difficulties culties in this method of cutting dIamonds as the stones have a certain cleavage and particular veins all of which have to be carefully studied in order to prevent the splitting of the stone just as success seems within reach After several unsuccessful attempts tempts and three years labor the feat i has been accomplished by the patience I and skill of 11 Antoine one of the I i best known lapidaries of Antwerp I The ring is about siseights of an inch In diameter In the Marlborough cablr II net there is a ring cut out of one entlret and perfect sapphire