Gem-Stones

About this eBook

Author

Smith, George Frederick Herbert, 1872-1953

Title

Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Precious stones

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60990

Release Date

December 22, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GEM-STONES AND THEIR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF PLATES
5. 5.CHAPTER I
6. 6.CHAPTER II
7. 7.CHAPTER III
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — (1) The Method of Total-Reflection — (2) The Method of Minimum Deviation
9. 9.CHAPTER V
10. 10.CHAPTER VI
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — Colour — Dichroism — Absorption Spectra
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — (1) Heavy Liquids — (2) Direct Weighing — (a) Hydrostatic Weighing — (b) Pycnometer, or Specific Gravity Bottle
13. 13.CHAPTER IX
14. 14.CHAPTER X
15. 15.CHAPTER XI
16. 16.CHAPTER XII
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV
19. 19.CHAPTER XV
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — (1) Koh-i-nor — (2) Pitt or Regent — (3) Orloff — (4) Great Mogul — (5) Sancy — (6) Great Table — (7) Moon of the Mountains — (8) Nizam — (9) Darya-i-nor — (10) Shah — (11) Akbar Shah, or Jehan Ghir Shah — (12) Polar Star — (13) Nassak — (14) Napoleon — (15) Cumberland — (16) Pigott — (17) Eugénie — (18) White Saxon — (19) Pacha of Egypt — (20) Star of Este — (21) Tuscany, or Austrian Yellow — (22) Star of the South — (23) English Dresden — (24) Star of South Africa — (25) Stewart — (26) Porter-Rhodes — (27) Imperial, Victoria, or Great White — (28) De Beers — (29) Excelsior — (30) Jubilee — (31) Star of Africa, or Cullinan — (32) Star of Minas — (1) Hope — (2) Dresden — (3) Paul I — (4) Tiffany
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX
24. 24.CHAPTER XX
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — ( a ) Hessonite — ( b ) Pyrope — ( c ) Rhodolite — ( d ) Almandine — ( e ) Spessartite — ( f ) Andradite — ( g ) Uvarovite
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV — Spodumene — Iolite — Benitoite
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV — Euclase — Phenakite — Beryllonite
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI — Enstatite — Diopside — Kyanite — Andalusite — Idocrase — Epidote — Sphene — Axinite — Prehnite — Apatite — Dioptase
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII — Cassiterite — Anatase — Pyrites, Hematite
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX
44. 44.CHAPTER XL — Pearl — Coral — Amber
45. 45.TABLE I
46. 46.TABLE II
47. 47.TABLE III
48. 48.TABLE IV
49. 49.TABLE V
50. 50.TABLE VI
51. 51.TABLE VII
52. 52.TABLE VIII
53. 53.TABLE IX .— Data
54. 54.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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