A valuable addition has just been made to the collection of gems in the British Museum through the acquirement by purchase of a splendid specimen of the Zircon or Jacinth. It cost upwards of £7OO, and is no larger than a common garden pea. It is one of the finest known. It flashes and glows with a red lustre which seems to denote the actual pre* same of fire and flame,
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Globe, Volume II, Issue 156, 3 December 1874, Page 4
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71Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume II, Issue 156, 3 December 1874, Page 4
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