A SPLENDID PEARL
Some remarkably fine pearls have been obtained in the waters oft the northwestern coast of Western Australia, reports tho Melbourne Argus. There is now being exhibited by Messrs. Newman and Sons, jewellers, of Elizabethstreet, a drop-shape pearl, obtained in those waters, which is descrihed as the finest pearl of drop formation yet brought to light in Australia. Apart from its exceptional size, which is about that, of a sparrow'si egg, this pearl exhibits a lustre and a hue which make it of truly rare value. What that value is in terms of money is not easy to ascertain here. It weighs 100 grains, and experts say that it is doubtful whether a pearl of less than half this weight, which was recently sold m London Jot £14,000, is better in quality. "Star of the West" is the name given to tho gem which is now to fee seen in Melbourne.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 23, 26 January 1918, Page 10
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153A SPLENDID PEARL Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 23, 26 January 1918, Page 10
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