The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones
This
handbook will prove useful, not only to the expert and to those requiring
certain technical information, but also to the general public, whose interest in
this entrancing subject may be simply that of pleasure in the purchase,
possession, or collection of precious stones, or even in the mere examination of
them through the plate-glass of a jeweller's window. Topics covered includes:
The Origin of Precious Stones, Physical Properties— Crystalline Structure,
Colour, Hardness, Specific Gravity, Magnetic and Electric Influences, The
Cutting of Precious Stones, Imitations, and Some of the Tests of Precious
Stones, Various Precious Stones.
Author(s): John Mastin
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