598 BEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



Corund ntn, yawrnhy. Asteria. Ceylon. Color, red. C/abochon cut; circular girdle. 



Size, 1 1 l)y 9 nun. ; weight, 9. 10 carats. Cat. Nos. 210; 82886. The Lea Collection. 

 Corundum, var.rn])}'. Asteria. Ceylon. Color, red. Cabochon cut; circular girdle. 



Size, 7 by 4 mm. ; weight, 1.27 carats. Cat. Nos. 211 ; 82886. The Lea Collection. 

 Conmrfrmi, var. ruby. Asteria. Ceylon. Color, grayish red. Cabochon cut; circu- 

 lar girdle. Size, 6.5 by 5 mm.; weight, 1.55 carats. Cat. Nos. 212; 82886. The 



Lea Collection. 

 Corundum, var. ruby. Asteria. Ceylon. Color, violet red. Cabochon cut; circular 



girdle. Size, 6 by 6 mm.; weight, 2.30 carats. Cat. Nos. 213; 82886. The Lea 



Collection. 

 Corundum, var. ruby. Asteria. Ceylon. Color, milky red. Cabochon cut; circular 



girdle. Size, 6 by 5 mm.; weight, 1.33 carats. Cat. Nos. 214; 82886. The Lea 



Collection. 

 Corundum, var. ruby. Asteria. Ceylon. Color, grayish red. Cabochon cut; cir- 

 cular girdle. Size, 6 by 5 mm.; weight, 1.13 carats. Cat. Nos. 215; 82886. The 



Lea Collection. 

 Corundum, var. ruby. Asteria. Color, blood red. Cabochon cut; circular girdle. 



Size, 7 by 4 mm.; weight, 1.53 carats. Cat. Nos. 216; 50264. 

 Corundum, var. ruby. Asteria. Color, blood red. Cabochon cut; circular girdle. 



Size, 7 by 7 by 3 mm.; weight, 1.04 carats. Cat. Nos. 217; 50264. 

 Corundum, w&T. rnhy. Color, blood red. Brilliant cut; square girdle. Size, 5.5 l)y 



5.5 by 4 mm.; weight, 1 carat, llounted in ring. Cat. Nos. 218; 82888. The 



Lea Collection. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, Macon County, North Carolina. Color, 



dark greenish blue. Step-brilliant cut; rectangular girdle. Size, 11 by 8 by 6 



mm.; weight, 3.56 carats. Cat. Nos. 162; 50289. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, Macon County, North Carolina. Color, 



pale yellow. Step-brilliant cut; rectangular girdle. Size, 9 by 7 by 5 mm.; 



weight, 1.87 carats. Cat. Nos. 163; 50289. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, Macon County, North Carolina. Color, 



pale greenish yellow. Step-brilliant cut; rectangular girdle. Size, 6 by 4 by 3 



mm.; weight, 0.74 carats. Cat. Nos. 164; 50289. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, INIacon County, North Carolina. Color, 



bluish green. Step-brilliant cut; rectangular girdle. Size, 6.5 by 5 by 4 mm.; 



weight, 1 carat. Cat. Nos. 165; 50289. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, Macon County, North Carolina. Color, 



Prussian blue, with a green play of color. Step-brilliant cut; rectangular girdle. 



Size, 5.5 by 4 by 4 mm. ; weight, 0.76 carats. Cat. Nos. 166; 50289. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, Macon County, North Carolina. Color, 



pale yellowish green. Step-brilliant cut; rectangular girdle. Size, 6 by 3.5 by 



2 mm.; Aveight, 0.42 carats. Cat. Nos. 167; 50289. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, Macon County, North Carolina. Color, 



pale bluish green. Step-brilliant cut; rectangular girdle. Size, 5 by 3.5 by 3 



mm.; weight, 0.35 carat. Cat. Nos. 168; 50289. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Corundum Hill, JNIacon County, North Carolina. Color, 



blue. Step-brilliant cut; oval girdle. Size, 8 by 6 by 3 mm.; weight, 0.94 



carat. Cat. Nos. 169; 47314. Gift of Clarence S. Bement. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Montana. Color, pale green. Table cut; rectangular 



girdle. Size, 9 by 6 by 5 mm.; weight, 2.43 carats. Cat. Nos. 156; 50290. 

 Corundum, var. sapphire. Montana. Color, bluish green. Step-brilliant cut; 



square girdle. Size, 5.5 by 5.5 by 4 mm.; weight, 0.80 carat. Cat. Nos. 157; 



47315. Gift of Clarence S. Bement. 

 Corundum, var. sajjphire. Montana. Color, greenish blue. Brilliant cut; square 



girdle. Size, 6 by 6 by 5 nun.; weight, 1.12 carats. Cat. Nos. 158; 84042, 



