The Southern Cross Pearl.
What is known as the great Southorn cross pearl is one of the curious things exhibited ot the Colinderies, or Colonial Exhibition in London. This object its one of the most lemarkable freaks of nature, as it is also one of the most beautiful and valuable. Tbo jewel consists of nine pearls naturally joined together in the form of a cross, and was found at Roeburn, Western Australia, in ISS4 by a man belonging to the schooner Ethel. The owner, "Shiner Kelly," and Clark, the man who found the pearl, wore filled with amazement, and, thinking it was some heaven-wrought miracle and with a certain amount of superstitious dread, buried it for some time. It is valued at £10,000, and is now the property of a syndicate of gentlemen of position in Western Australia, at whose solicitation Mr Streeter was induced to bring it to England. It has changed hands many times, and each time it has done so the seller has made 100 per cent, profit on the price paid. It naturally attracts great attention at the Exposition,
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 178, 13 November 1886, Page 8
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183The Southern Cross Pearl. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 178, 13 November 1886, Page 8
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