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Sec. III, Ch. 7: The Emerald

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The Emerald.                                209
observed among the material thrown out from certain tin-workings, and investigation soon traced them to their source in an actual vein. The locality was situated about seven miles North-East of Emmaville, better known as Vegetable Creek, not far from the Queensland frontier.
The Emeralds occurred in a true fissure lode formation, from 2 to 4 feet wide, between well-defined walls, and were found in shoots or bunches at intervals.
The country is composed of granite or slate, and it was almost at the junction of the two formations that the first deposit of Emeralds was discovered, at a depth of 11 feet from the surface.
The Emeralds were associated with quartz, topaz, fluor­spar, mispickel (arsenical pyrites), tin-stone and kaolin. The locality was visited by Prof. E. David, at that time Government Geologist, who reported favourably upon the occurrence of the mineral, and the prospects of the exploration.
Workings were carried on for some years by the Emerald Proprietory Company, and a large number of stones were obtained, one weighing as much as 23 carats. Most of them however, were of pale tint, and lacked the rich colour of typical Emerald, and it is believed that the workings were ultimately abandoned as un remunerative.
EMERALDS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Although rough beryls, sometimes of large size, are known in many parts of the United States, the only State which has yielded the chrome-green variety, forming the true Emerald is North Carolina.
In 1880, Mr. W. E. Hidden discovered Emeralds at
Warren farm in Alexander County, where they were
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