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Pair of handsome jasper coupes from Russia. 
Cane of solid silver, inlaid with discs of turcpioise, from Kurd- 
istan, S. W. Asia. 
Case 2 .— The diamond engraved by De Vrees of Amster- 
dam, shown in 1878 at the Paris Exposition. This required all of 
the engraver’s spare time for five years. 
A collection of over fifty diamonds in their natural state, and 
a crystal in the matrix from South Africa. 
Gem gravel containing sapphire, chrysoberyl, zircon, tourma- 
line, and others in rolled pebbles from a Ceylon river bed. 
A ninety-nine and a sixty-six karat yellow sapphire (oriental 
topaz), a fifty-nine karat blue sapphire, also yellow, pink, white, 
and other colored sapphires. Spinel— fine red, blue and other 
colors. 
The Chilton doubly-terminated emerald crystal, in a matrix of 
black limestone, from U. S. Colombia. 
Richly colored chrysoberyls and alexandrite, from Ceylon and 
the Ural Mountains. 
Emerald crystal six inches in length and about a half inch in 
diameter, remarkable for its length, from Alexander county, N. C. 
Case 3. — Blue topaz, smoky quartz of fine cutting and exquis- 
ite luster, albite, golden beryls, and orthoclase, from the Ural 
Mountains, also colored topazes of Asiatic Russia, Brazil, Ceylon 
and Colorado. 
The 352 karat Hope aquamarine and other fine examples of 
sea-green, sea-blue, yellow, and other colors of beryl. 
Beautiful beryls from Maine, Russia and Brazil, also strings 
of turquoise beads made by the Indians of Santo Domingo, N. M. 
Case 4.— Considered the best and most complete collection 
of quartz and quartz cuttings in the world, notably:— 
Large crystal sphere from the summit of Mt. Antero, Colorado, 
believed to be the largest crystal ball ever polished. 
A group of crystal balls mounted on a stand of metallic 
leaves, the whole representing fruit and foliage. 
A quartz crystal scratched so as to show the method of slicing 
quartz in the manufacture of spectacle lenses. 
A series of fourteen specimens of crystal intended to show the 
various steps in the cutting of a brilliant. 
