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The Discoverer of Hiddenite

Record #:
14340
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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