A Book of Precious Stones: The Identification of Gems and Gem Minerals, and an Account of Their Scientific, Commercial, Artistic, and Historical AspectsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909 - 365 Seiten |
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agate alexandrite almandite alumina amber American amethyst Amsterdam ancient artificial beautiful beryl bloodstone blue Brazil brilliant cabochon carats carbon cat's-eye Ceylon Chalcedony chatoyancy chemical Chrysoberyl chrysolite chrysoprase cleavage colour colourless Contains coral corundum crystallisation culet Cullinan Diamond cutting and polishing Demantoid Diamant diamond cutters diamond mines diamond-cutting emerald exhibited facets Garnet gem minerals gem stones gemmarum Gemmis gems girdle grain green hardness India Jade jewelry trade jewels Jour Kimberley kunzite lapidary Lapidibus Lapidum light London lustre metal mineralogy mond Museum natural occurs Olivine onyx opal opaque Oriental ornaments oxide Paris pearl peridot pierres précieuses précieuses precious stones produced properties of gems Pyrope Quartz rays refractive resembling Rhodolite rock ruby sapphire Science scientific semi-precious stones sometimes South Africa specific gravity specimens Spinel spodumene term tint tion topaz tourmaline Trans transparent turquoise Ural variety weight Wien Vienna yellow York Zircon
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Seite 304 - Who first beholds the light of day In spring's sweet, flowery month of May And wears an Emerald all her life, Shall be a loved and happy wife.
Seite 333 - NICOLS (Thomas). A LAPIDARY: or, the History of Pretious Stones: With cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with Pretious Stones.
Seite 330 - LABARTE'S (M. JULES) Handbook of the Arts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. With 200 Woodcuts. Svo.
Seite 295 - Mohs's scale, which consists of ten common minerals arranged in order of increasing hardness, as follows: 1. Talc, 6. Feldspar, 2. Gypsum, 7. Quartz, 3. Calcite, 8. Topaz, 4. Fluorite, 9. Corundum, 5. Apatite, 10. Diamond, Beryl, 7.5 to 8 in hardness, is often substituted for topaz in the above scale.
Seite 306 - If cold December gave you birth — The month of snow and ice and mirth — Place on your hand a Turquoise blue: Success will bless whate'er you do.
Seite 305 - October's child is born for woe, And life's vicissitudes must know; But lay an Opal on her breast And hope will lull those woes to rest. November. Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow Should prize the Topaz amber hue — Emblem of friends and lovers true.
Seite 304 - Who on this world of ours their eyes In March first open shall be wise, In days of peril firm and brave, And wear a Bloodstone to their grave.
Seite 340 - VERNIER (JB). Voyages in Turquie, en Perse et aux Indes. Paris, 1676. . Account of diamond mines. [In Pinkerton's Collection of Voyages, viii., 1811.] TAYLOR (L.). Precious stones and gems, with their reputed virtues. London, 1895. TAYLOR (N.). On the Cudgegong diamond field, New South Wales. [In Geol. Mag., iv., p. 399.] TEIFASCITE (AHMED). Fior di Pensieri sulle Pietre Preziose, opera stampata nel suo originale Arabo di Ant. Raineri. Firenze (Florence), 1818. TENNANT (J.). Gems and precious stones....
Seite 314 - Bolnest, physician in ordinary to the king (1672), dedicated to George Duke of Buckingham, and described on the title-page as " Shewing a Rational (!) Way of preparing Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals for a Physical Use, by which they are made most efficacious, safe, and pleasant Medicines for the Preservation and Restoration of the Life of Man.