Editorial Comment. 417 
North Carolina exhibited a large variety of gems, including 
ruby, sapphire, emerald, hiddenite, garnet and beryl. Mr. J. 
A. D. Stevenson, of Statesville, N. C, to whom is attributed 
the discovery of many localities of choice minerals and who 
lives only a few miles from the celebrated hiddenite locality, 
had an attractive collection of gems in this state's section. 
Idaho showed a good collection of gems from Hailey, some 
sapphires from Stanley Basin, small rubies in sand from Huy's 
Placer, and rathe* an extensive collection of rough opal from 
Owyhee county. Some of the opals were of large size and 
must weigh thirty to forty carats. 
Utah and New Mexico also exhibited opal : and Utah had fine 
specimens of topaz. Magnificent specimens of turquoise from 
Los Cerrillos were seen in the New Mexico section, and in the 
Colorado section small specimens from Villa Grove. 
Montana had garnets, sapphires, and rubies which exhibited 
considerable brilliancy. 
Massachusetts and other eastern states had exhibits of cut 
and rough gems. Some noticeable ones were from Fitchburg, 
Mass. (beryl and tourmaline), and from South Paris, Maine. 
Montana and Colorado had unquestionably the most val- 
uable displays of native gold: and the former state exhibited 
a beautiful collection of crystallized gold, showing most of its 
known forms. Nevada had interesting specimens of native 
gold in quartz, in iron ore, in calcite, etc., and a handsome 
specimen of gold wire disseminated through gold quartz. The 
Argentine Republic had good nuggets from Chubut, and 
Ecuador a~ specimen of quartz entirely covered with native 
gold. New South Wales, Canada, Brazil, and other countries, 
also contributed gold specimens. One large specimen in 
quartz from New South Wales was valued at over £1,200. 
This country also displayed a large number of gold crystals, 
some of them having good octahedral forms. In the west gal- 
lery was seen the original gold discovered by Marshall at 
Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, which caused the "gold 
fever of '49." 
Mexico exhibited native silver from Chihuahua. Zacatecas, 
Guanajuato, and other states, some of the specimens weighing 
several hundred pounds. Argentine had native silver from 
La Kivja and other provinces, and a strange form of native 
