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HALL 32. 
H IGI N BOTHAM HALL.. 
GEMS AND JEWELS. 
The collection of gems and precious stones that, during the 
World’s Columbian Exposition, attracted so much attention at 
the Tiffany pavilion in the Manufactures Building, and in the gal- 
lery of the Mines and Mining Building, has been added to and 
occupies the central cases in this hall. It is believed to be the 
most complete collection in existence, for it contains nearly every 
known gem or precious stone, in the finest cut examples, in fine 
crystals, cleavages or rolled grains, always of gem value. Many 
of the objects in the collection are of historical interest and of 
world-wide reputation. 
Case 1 . — Handsome objects made of rhodonite, jasper, and 
varieties of rare gem stones found in the Ural Mountains, Asiatic 
Russia. Prominent objects are a rhodonite jewel casket, rho- 
donite ink stand, two rhodonite coupes of rare markings, with 
jasper bases. Rhodonite is a favorite stone with the imperial fam- 
ily of Russia. 
Three fruit pieces of realistic effect made at Ekaterinburg, 
Asiatic Russia, composed of the following hard and rare gem 
stones found in the Ural Mountains: Raspberries of rhodonite, 
blackberries of amethyst, white currants of chalcedony, plums of 
onyx and sard, mulberries of citrine, black currants of onyx and 
red currants of sard. The vases are of Kalkansky jasper and the 
leaves of precious serpentine. 
A composite bust of Empress Eugenie; feathers, opals and 
red jasper; hat, sard; hair, sard; face, chalcedony; collar, blood- 
stone; beads, yellow jasper; dress panel, lapis-lazuli; body, sard. 
Cane of solid silver, inlaid \Uth discs of turquoise from Kur- 
distan, southwest Asia. 
Florentine mosaic of marble, malachite, etc., representing Fall 
of Rome. 
Case 2.— Engraved diamond bust of King William II. of 
Holland, executed by DeVrees of Amsterdam, which required all 
of his spare time for five years. Was shown in 1878, at the Paris 
Exposition. 
A diamond crystal adhering to common boart, from Kimberly, 
South Africa. 
A model of the Dewey diamond, weight 23^ carats, found in 
1855, near Manchester, Va. 
