Gems in the Smithsonian Institution
by Paul E. Desautels
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About this eBook
- Author
- Desautels, Paul E., 1920-1991
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 62879
- Release Date
- August 8, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Gems in the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.1 THE NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION
- 4.2 THE STUDY OF GEMS — PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GEMSTONES — CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GEMSTONES
- 5.3 THE SHAPING OF GEMSTONES
- 6.4 GEM SUBSTITUTES — IMITATION STONES — ASSEMBLED STONES — RECONSTRUCTED AND ALTERED STONES — SYNTHETIC STONES
- 7.5 GEM LORE
- 8.6 PRINCIPAL GEM SPECIES — DIAMOND — PEARL — CORUNDUM (RUBY AND SAPPHIRE) — BERYL (INCLUDES EMERALD AND AQUAMARINE) — TOPAZ — OPAL — SPINEL — QUARTZ (INCLUDES ROCK CRYSTAL, AMETHYST, AND CITRINE) — CHRYSOBERYL (INCLUDES ALEXANDRITE AND CAT’S-EYE) — TOURMALINE — ZIRCON — PERIDOT — SPODUMENE — GARNET — JADE — CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME COMMON GEMS — GEMSTONES FOR THE COLLECTOR
- 9.7 SOME NOTABLE GEMS IN THE COLLECTION
- 10.Transcriber’s Notes
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