Show RUBIES CAN NOW BE MADE i 0 chemists able to fuse small stones into one large gem in connection with recent decision by the general board of appraisers re garding duty on imitations of pr pre cloua stones a well known jewelry expert of new york through whose hands mil lions of dollars worth 0 of precious preciou stones have passed declares that ru bles beautiful in color and rivaling the natural gems today are easily produced from the chemists crucible the secret of their production which he says was known in france year i 1 ago but was kept secret lies in t the he manner of fusing a number of small cheap stones into a single large one it Is said the manufacture Is now being earned carried on extensively in several european countries and only the most experienced examiner can detect the between the real stones and those from the crucible |