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... Sapphire 46 Jet 98 .. Ruby 52 Topaz , Chrysolite , Chrysoprase Turquois 56 The forms of antique gems Chemical composition of gems 99 100 59 SECTION II . - ART . Tests of antiquity - instruments used by the ancient engravers 101 113 ...
... Sapphire 46 Jet 98 .. Ruby 52 Topaz , Chrysolite , Chrysoprase Turquois 56 The forms of antique gems Chemical composition of gems 99 100 59 SECTION II . - ART . Tests of antiquity - instruments used by the ancient engravers 101 113 ...
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... sapphire brought to light , With guerdon rich laborious hands requite . Towards the east spreads India's lovely land Farthest of all along the ocean's strand : The first illumined by his earliest rays When rising Phoebus heaven and ...
... sapphire brought to light , With guerdon rich laborious hands requite . Towards the east spreads India's lovely land Farthest of all along the ocean's strand : The first illumined by his earliest rays When rising Phoebus heaven and ...
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... Sapphire . This stone was much used at every period of antiquity ; the earliest Babylonian cylinders being formed of it as well as the latest Sassanian stamps . Scarabei of Etruscan work , as well as good Greek and Roman intagli of all ...
... Sapphire . This stone was much used at every period of antiquity ; the earliest Babylonian cylinders being formed of it as well as the latest Sassanian stamps . Scarabei of Etruscan work , as well as good Greek and Roman intagli of all ...
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... Plasmas was the green Jasper of the ancients , who often mention necklaces of Jasper beads , as we shall see in the verses quoted from Naumachius.- Vide Sapphire . of the Romans , a name also given to native SECT . I. 15 PLASMA .
... Plasmas was the green Jasper of the ancients , who often mention necklaces of Jasper beads , as we shall see in the verses quoted from Naumachius.- Vide Sapphire . of the Romans , a name also given to native SECT . I. 15 PLASMA .
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... Sapphire , Tourmaline , and this class of gems . Most probably our Jacinth was also reckoned among the varieties of the Lychnis by Pliny , who makes this one of his classes of the genus Carbunculus . The Lychnis got its name from its ...
... Sapphire , Tourmaline , and this class of gems . Most probably our Jacinth was also reckoned among the varieties of the Lychnis by Pliny , who makes this one of his classes of the genus Carbunculus . The Lychnis got its name from its ...
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