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Ch. 3: Precious Gem stones in 1887

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558                                MINERAL RESOURCES.
IMPORTS.
Diamonds and other precious stones imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1667 to 1867 inclusive.
Exceptional discoveries of gems—Diamond.—la April, 1887, Mr. Lewis M. Parker, a tenant on the farm of Daniel Light, three-fourths of a mile northwest of Morrow Station, and 13 miles south of Atlanta, Georgia, found a diamond on the farm. The stone afterwards came into the pos­session of Mr. W, W. Scott, of Atlanta, who sent it to the writer for
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