Show HINTS FOR DIAMOND BUYERS Some home Things to Remember About the Most MOlt Popular of All the tho Worlds World's Precious Stones Stone A diamond A diamond of the first water should be entirely colorless and transparent without any Inclusion or flaw says the Scientific American It Is of the second water If Jt It Is colorless ss with but unimportant faults or If It It Is without without with with- out faults but w with th some traces haces of color and third water If It Is colorless I but with larger faults or If It Is distinctly distinctly dis dis- I c colored lored The correct valuation I is therefore very difficult and often subject to the Jewelers Jeweler's Judgment For this reason Professor Protessor gives to the layman the following hints Stones of ot the first water are carried currIed only by bythe bythe bythe the highest class Jewelers The requisite requisite requisite site Is perfect lack of color or what or-what what Is more highly prized prized u u tinge of blue In general beautifully colored diamonds diamonds dia dia- monds monks command fabulous prices and andare andare andare are to be found only In the treasure vaults of princes Stones of the second water are nu nu- nu- nu They are artl supposed to be microscopically mi ml- pure but almost always show some inclusions There are oftentimes traces of yel yel- Jow ow color in this grade and because this can be seen best beat b In sunlight one should never buy diamonds at night for tor the prevailing lights cause stones that are even noticeably yellowish to appear clear Most of ot the stones of the ordinary market are of ot the third quality and the dealers try to cover up ap p their faults by combining them Into groups for tor border stones or for tor the popular pendants diamond hearts rings etc While they may be colorless they are ore often so full tull of ot flaws that they would be ranked as bort or diamonds good only for tor mechanical mechanical mechanical me me- purposes if It there had not been such a demand for tor gems as ns to Increase Increase In In- crease the price |