A GOLDEN MINERAL.
Amber is most expensive. The price to-day, for a pipe mouthpiece would run into pounds, if it could be obtained.. Ihevalue of amber has roughly increased 2000 pe* cent, and, weight ror wcight, it is more costly than gold. Amber cigarette-holders arc priced at from £l6 to £25, and cigar-holders 2.0/ i e m^ erinl “st from £6O to ' the war similar articles could be bought for as manv shillings as they now cost pounds. I'he reason ror tms, is thau all amber comes from enemy. 'countries, and. as none has been imported since the war, there are practically no unused stocks Ipft in this country. -.Moreover, there is no substitute/that is really satisfactory, IS nr can amber be produced artificially winch is strange, seeing' that.' it is merely fossil ream .Needless to say, a rortuno -awaita anyone lucky enough hit . upon , the 'long-sought-for secret.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12784, 30 October 1919, Page 6
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148A GOLDEN MINERAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 12784, 30 October 1919, Page 6
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