Precious Stones and Gems

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	while I am likewise indebted to Mr. Atlay, the manager, and Mr. Morgan, the engineer, at the Burma Ruby Mines, for local information, as well as to Mr. Plummer, of Sydney, who has kept me informed with regard to new discoveries of Precious stones in Australia Since the sheets of this work have been printed off, considerable excitement has been aroused by the occurrence of Diamonds in a conglomerate, and in gravels, at Nullagine, in the Pilbarra gold-fields, North-west Australia, latitude 21° S., longitude 120° Ε. But it remains to be seen whether the Precious Stones exist there in such quantity, and of such quality as to render their working a remunerative industry. This, in my opinion, is very problematical, whilst the production of South Africa shows no diminution.

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