Record #:

14340

Author(s):

Beam, Mozelle Payne

Abstract:

Credit for the discovery of hiddenite - a rare, emerald-green gem - is usually given to William Earl Hidden, a Northern mineralogist, but the real discoverer was George Washington Warren, a farmer of Alexander County.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 9, Aug 1947, p3,18-20, il

Subject(s):

Gems--Hiddenite; Hidden, William Earl, 1853-1918; Alexander County--History; Warren, George Washington