“COSMIC JEWELS”
—: A SCIENTIFIC MYSTERY. (United Press Association—By Electric f. ; Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, July 9. The rarest gems in tho world, which experts believe to have fallen from another planet, and which iare hence called “Cosmic gems,” have 'been discovered in the heart of the Libyan Desert by Mr .Patrick Clayton, who has spent twelve years mapping an eighty thousand square mile region, where neither whites nor Arabs have previously trodden. These jewels are rSther a dull clouded yellow in colour. Experts say that ' nothing \Hke them has been Been, but they resemble, somewhat, the Australian Darwin Glass, or In-do-Chinese Tekites. Yet they are completely unlike them iu their distribution artel size.
Mr Clavton says that these deposits shine in the desert ! like an •paque lake. They belong to the Egyptian Government. Tt is not known whether the Government will Rend an expedition jtq solve this scientific mystery.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1934, Page 5
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