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kinds of minerals and in all shells. It is colorless, 

 tasteless, and odorless. Chromium is the coloring 

 element in a great many minerals. Ruby sapphire is 

 used for various articles of jewelry, and, when set, is 

 very beautiful. 



" Ruby sapphire is found on the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains in the western part of North Carolina ; on the 

 Himalaya Mountains, the highest in the world, in the 

 northern part of Hindostan and Indo-China, which is 

 where my specimens came from, and where all the 

 finest specimens are found. It is also found on the 

 Auvergne and Cevennes Mountains in France, the 

 Carpathian Mountains in the central part of Austria, 

 and the Ural Mountains on the boundary line between 

 Europe and Asia, though rubies are mostly found on 

 the Asiatic side. They are often called oriental 

 rubies, from their being found mostly in India. The 

 ruby mines are owned by the government, and a large 

 reward is often paid to those who find the valuable 

 ones. When an exceptionally large one is found, the 

 King has a great celebration and procession, and the 

 men of high rank ride on elephants. The market- 

 places ior ruby are at Bankok, the capital of Indo- 

 China, a very large city ; Paris, the capital of France, 

 on the River Seine, a very beautiful city ; Lyons, in 

 the central or southern part of France ; Dresden, on 

 the River Elbe, also a beautiful city ; Moscow, in the 



