Show four gems in one the famous diamond fields B BESIDES of 0 brazil south america lias has in the republic of colombia one of the principal world sources of emeralds or green beryl due to its antiquity and beauty the emerald Is by ail all odds the best known and and most popi popular ilar form of beryl but ns as a matter ot of tact fact the stones s kno known wn as aquamarine aquamarine aqua marl ne ond and golden beryl are chemically and geologically the same its as the emerald emer alil but with a different color the first of these Is pale blue or bluish areri the second yellowish green and ald I 1 hie il lat mentioned Is bright belloir yel loir in ancient times the romans he be ilenea the emerald to be a rue cai c for eye diseases due in all prolix pro lii allty to the soothing effect of green il r it on n the eje just as red light Is cm iril tant this Is said at to h hac ane led in the hie first use of an eyeglass srini bonvin allom n who believed lit in the bingle alc tlc leQ of the gem had one cut to it shape that over eye and ami as luck would have it it was vas cut ut into a n lens that really entitled him to ser see better this led to a correction of nearsightedness nero Is salil sald to have ti used ed on an emerald eyeglass to watch the gladiatorial fights in the glaring light of tle me arena just as we now look tit at the sun through a piece of smoked glass emeralds 1 meral ds mere mined mine lit in egypt as long ngo ago as n B C ancient emeralds tire lire also reputed to have come from india but no modern deposit 0 of f them Is known there although that hat country produces and other forms foring of beryl the spanish Spit nIsh belleN bellei Cd ed that peru contained every kind of calill ea lill and long sought for emerald mines in that hint COU country of silver rind kold gold only to i give it up at last but to the norbit of peru in new nev OrniM now the lie ice public of Coloin colombia bla they discovered one of the richest emerald f fields that has ever come to light the incas of peru are said to have used us as an idol an emerald the size of nn an ostrich egg this the natives said was a mather anther emerald to which daughter emeralds must bo be offered the superstitious aper ious lous bathes made due eions and n splendid loot of grins geins was by the conquerors conqueror this gave rise to the term Pert percivian ivian emerald its as a mark of particular excellence in the lie gems but it Is practically certain that all of these stones crimp from the Colom colombian birin foeldi beryl occurs at a large number of places in north america hut but blemly in quantities brid forms form of interest to scientists ind and collectors rather than dealers there are emeralds emerald 3 ls la rl siueli dutli carolina and berels in new lump and connecticut ac 1927 1917 western newspaper union I 1 |