HALL 32. 
SECTION OF GEHS, GOLD, AND CURIOS. 
The collections of gems and precious stones that during the 
Exposition attracted so much attention at the Tiffany pavilion in 
the Manufactures Building, and in the gallery of the Mines and 
Mining Building, believed to be the most complete in existence, 
contain 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 of these collections are of his- 
torical interest and of world-wide reputation. 
Cases 1, 2, and 3 contain 
The famous Sun God Opal from the Hope collection, which is 
said to have been known in a Persian Temple for three centuries. 
The diamond engraved by De Vrees of Amsterdam, shown in 
1878 at the Paris Exposition, which 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. 
A quantity of gem gravel containing sapphire, chrysoberyl, 
zircon, tourmaline, and other gems in rolled pebbles from a Cey- 
lonese river bed. 
Ninety-nine (99) and sixty-six (66) karat yellow sapphires (ori- 
ental topaz), a fifty-nine (59) karat blue, also yellow, pink, white, 
and other colors. Fine red and blue and other colored spineL. 
Tourmalines, green, red, blue, white, etc., from Brazil and 
Maine. 
Superb examples of opal from Mexico, Queensland, and 
State of Washington. 
The 352 karat Hope Aquamarine and other fine examples of 
sea-green, sea-blue, yellow, and other colors of ber>d. 
