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the practical lapidai-.v can still utilize the material advantageously and. 

 keeping run of the position of the basal planes by means of the flattened 

 place, can indicate in some manner upon the surfaces of the fragments 

 where the table of the finished stone should l>e laid. 



By givina: due attention to this matter, synthetic rubies and sapphires 

 equal in depth aiul purity of color to tlie fine stones of nature can be 

 produced. They will necessarily be sold at a higher price than most of 

 those now on the market, but they will ho worth more and should find a 

 moderately large market among people of taste and discernment who have 

 always loved to look upon fine natural sapphires and rallies, but who 

 were unable to pn';ses'^ llicni at the jiriccs coniuianded by the rare natural 

 product. 



Sliortrifhjc Hifih f^r-hno], 

 Indi'iiKipnlifi, Iiid., Xor. 21, 1012. 



