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Title: Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters

Author: George Frederick Herbert Smith

Release date: December 22, 2019 [eBook #60990]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GEM-STONES AND THEIR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS ***
PLATE I
Frontispiece

1. DIAMOND

2. DIAMOND
(Crystal)

3. DIAMOND

4. AQUAMARINE

5. EMERALD

6. AQUAMARINE

7. TOPAZ

8. EMERALD
(Crystal in matrix)

9. TOPAZ

10. RUBY
(Crystal)

11. SAPPHIRE

12. YELLOW SAPPHIRE
(Oriental Topaz)

13. RUBY

14. SAPPHIRE
(Crystal)

15. STAR-RUBY
GEM-STONES

GEM-STONES
AND THEIR DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS

BY
G. F. HERBERT SMITH
M.A., D.Sc.
OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY)

WITH MANY DIAGRAMS AND THIRTY-TWO PLATES
OF WHICH THREE ARE IN COLOUR

THIRD EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First Published      March 21st 1910
Second Edition       June           1913
Third Edition                   1919