. North Carolina and its resources. CRYSTAI^ OP HIDDENITE—SPODUMENE. value of $100 or more per carat for richly colored specimens; but speci-mens of the natural crystal were exhibited in the cabinet of A. D. Stevenson, of Statesville, N. C, for several years prior toMr. Hiddens exploitation. The gem is justly esteemed for its greatbeauty of color, its superiority over the emerald in the splendor of itsfire, and in its being the rarest of the precious stones. (See coloredplate; this crystal now in the Harvard Museum.) Emerald.—Beryls of chrome-green color have been foundin many localities
. North Carolina and its resources. CRYSTAI^ OP HIDDENITE—SPODUMENE. value of $100 or more per carat for richly colored specimens; but speci-mens of the natural crystal were exhibited in the cabinet of A. D. Stevenson, of Statesville, N. C, for several years prior toMr. Hiddens exploitation. The gem is justly esteemed for its greatbeauty of color, its superiority over the emerald in the splendor of itsfire, and in its being the rarest of the precious stones. (See coloredplate; this crystal now in the Harvard Museum.) Emerald.—Beryls of chrome-green color have been foundin many localities in Mitchell, Yancey, Macon, McDowell, Burke,Iredell and notably in Alexander county. The most celebratedspecimens are still uncut in the hands of collectors outside the of the finest crystals ever found here was taken from the propertyof the Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Co., and is now in the privatecollection of Mr. C. S. Bement, of Philadelphia. It is eight and.
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