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Show CALIFORNIA HAS A FIND OF TOURMALINE SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. llA collection collec-tion of tourmaline, a precious 'stone, valued at )1S,000, has been added to the State Mining bureau's exhibit of California Cali-fornia specimens. Th'e stones came from Mesa. Grande, San Diego-county, where the discovery or it in quantities has caused much excitement. It is claimed that the collection sent to San Francisco is the most valuable ever got together, there being speci-1 speci-1 mens of every known color and shade, I and all of them of bright lueter. The tftones, cut, retail for from $25 to $50 I per karat, and New York Jewelers are taking all they can get, as there is a fad for the Jewel In fashionable New York circles. |