47 Ruby Corundum, polished piece with transparent 



spots, claret red, \ Y / 2 x \]/ 2 . Franklin, 

 Macon County, North Carolina. 



48 Sapphire, violet, polished piece with transparent 



spots. Franklin, Macon County, North 

 Carolina. 



49 Sapphire, cut stone, ^ carat (first one found 



in the United States). Franklin, Macon 

 County, North Carolina. 



50 Sapphire, collection of crystals. Jenks' Mine, Frank- 



lin, Macon County, North Carolina. 



51 Sapphire (blue and green crystal) 4^ x 2 Y / 2 , with 



clear spaces of green Oriental emerald, that 

 would furnish gems 1 to 20 carats each. 

 Weight, 16 ozs. Troy. Franklin, Macon 

 County, North Carolina. 



52 Sapphire, blue and yellow, polished section of 



crystal, in bands arranged hexagonally, 

 3K x 3%- J en ks' Mine, North Carolina. 



53 Star Sapphire, asteriated crystal with polished end, 



fixed star, 1 x } l /& inches. Franklin, Macon 

 County, North Carolina. 



54 Star Sapphires, four, brown, cut en cabocbon, 



21 f| carats. Franklin, Macon County, 

 North Carolina. 



55 Sapphire crystals, nineteen. Culsagee, Clay County, 



North Carolina, 



56 Sapphire, blue, cleavable. Iredell County, North 



Carolina. 



57 Sapphire crystals, seven small. Eldorado Bar, near 



Helena, Montana. Found in the riffle of 

 sluice boxes in hydraulic gold mines. 



