THE SOUTHERN CROSS PEARL.
What is known as the Great Southern Croat Pearl w»s one of the curious things exhibited at the OoJloderiea, or Colonial Exhibition m London. This object is one of tho moat remarkable freaks of Nature »3 it is also one of the moat beautiful and valuable. The jewel which is 1$ Inch m length by | of au inoh m breadth, consists of niaa pearls ntfiral'y joined together m tli« form of a orosa, and wa« foand at Rosburn, Western Australia, m ISB4, by a man belonging to the Bohooner Ethel. The owner "b'htnwr Kelly," and Olark, the man who foand the pewl, were filled with amatj-menv, and tfcjakjng it vas some heayen.wrou.sht nijrae's and; wjth a certain amonnt.of tuperafcittoos .dread, bnri'd it for uma time. It is valued at £•« nnn. »nd 1q now the property of a «yndTca'te of gentlemen Zt ; inßi " on l» Weavrn Australia, at whose 'smloltatlon Mr Streeter waa induced to Iriag It to EngUud. It hß| changed handp- many timtß, and each time it h« dnifr co the acl er has made 100 per cent pr fit Jri the prioa paid. It naturally attracted Rreat attention at the exposition,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1460, 19 January 1887, Page 2
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197THE SOUTHERN CROSS PEARL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1460, 19 January 1887, Page 2
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