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Asiatic Russia. Prominent objects are a rhodonite jewel casket,, 
rhodonite ink stand, two rhodonite coupes of rare markings>. 
with jasper bases. Rhodonite is a favorite stone with the im- 
perial family 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 bases 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. 
Gane of solid silver, inlaid with discs of turquoise from 
Kurdistan, southwest Asia. 
Florentine mosaic of marble, malachite, etc., representing 
the 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 Kim- 
berley, South Africa. 
A model of the Dewey diamond, weight 23^A carats, found 
in 1855, near Manchester, Va. 
Diamond (round boart), weight 41 9-32 carats. This vari- 
ety is extremely hard, shows a radiated structure if broken, and 
is peculiar to Brazil. 
Cut and uncut specimens of black diamond from Bahia, 
Brazil, South America. 
A collection of over fifty diamonds in their natural state, 
and a crystal in matrix from South Africa. 
Gem gravel containing ruby, sapphire, zircon, tourmaline, 
quartz, etc., from Ceylon river beds. 
A collection of fifteen rubies from the Ural Mountains, 
North Carolina and Georgia. 
Cut and uncut specimens of various colored sapphires, found 
on the banks of the Missouri river sixteen miles from Helena,. 
Mont. 
