DIAMOND=MAKING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 186, 1 May 1908, Page 7

DIAMOND=MAKING.

LEMOINE AND WERNHER. WHAT IS IN THE ENVELOPE? V FORMULA FOR BORT, , UV TELEGRAPH—PItKSS ASSOCIATION —COPTRIGnI. (Rtfc. April 30, midnight.) . . London, April SO. Loraoino, charged with swindling Sir, Julius Wornhor out of £04,000 by pretending ■ that ho can manufacture diamonds, consents to tho Union of' London and Smith's Bank surrendering to tho French judicial authorities tho secret formula which was deposited'with tho Bank in . trust, by agreomont between Lemoine and Sir Julius' Wernhor. Lemoine gave his consent on tho examining magistrate agreeing not to open the envelope containing'tho formula until tho expiry of the two months required for the manufacture of the diamonds. . Loinoine states. that tho envelope merely contains a formula for the manufacture. of bort.' '_ , ' AN ■INFERIOR SUBSTANCE. Bort has two dictionary definitions. The first is "a collective name for diamonds of inferior quality, especially such as have a radiating crystallization, so,that they- will not take a polish; These are crushcd to form dm-raond-pov.'dcr, or'diamond-dust, which-is used for cutting and polishing diamonds and other precious' stones." The second dennition - is. "an amorphous variety of diamond, brown, grav, 'or black in colour, and known also as bli)6k diamond or carbonado, found massive in Brazil in association with pure diamonds. Tliis is extensively used as the'cutting material in diamond drills and stone-saws, _ for which ordinary diamonds unsuited: :from thoir crumbling and cleaving.".