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Show llemi In tsll'oinla. Ran Francisco Chronicle It is a welt known fact that several hundred diamonds dia-monds of commercial else hare from time to time been found In connection with gold placer workings in certain portions of this state Within twelve months twenty-seven stones have been found In one rlacer mine on the Feather Feath-er river, all but one being In the rough and.globular,whl!e the twenty-seventh showed a well defined crystalline structure struc-ture The largest of these weighed but a single ca-at, and ths small octahedral octa-hedral brilliant elgbrd but a quarter of a carat, but all were atones of pure water. The recent discovery of slcron sanda close to the limits of Oakland has already been announced In ths Chronicle, but the discoverer Is not yst prepared to define the locality, probably prob-ably for commercial reasons Near Manvel, San llernardlno county, turquoises tur-quoises have been found which In color and quality surpass the Oriental gems. |