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Frankfurt, ISL'l'. 

 BoETirs (Ansklmis). Tractatus de Lajiidilms. 



BoLXEHT ( E. ). Aurora (;hyinica, or a rational way of preparing animals, vegetables, 

 and minerals for a ])liysii'al use; by which preparations they are made most etiica- 

 eions, safe, i)leasant medicines for the preservation and restoration of the life of 

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London, 1672. 

 BoNDARY (Jean de la Taille de). Blason des Pierres precieuses. 

 BooKE of the Thinges that are brought from the West Indies. 

 [English translation, 1580.] 1574. 

 Contains an account of the virtues of the bloodstone. 

 Boot (Anselmus Boetus de). Le parfaict joaillier, on histoire des Pierreries, de 

 nouveau enrichi de belles annotations par Andre Toll. 

 [Translated from Latin by J. Bachou] Lyon, 164-4. 

 Boot (B. de). Lap. CTemmarum et Lapidum Historia. 

 Jena, 1647. 



The first edition published at Jena in 1609; the second enlarged by A. Toll, 

 Lngduni Bat. [Leyden], 1636, cHintains much concerning the mystical and 

 medicinal properties of gems. 

 Boot (Anselmus Boetius de). Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia. 



Hanover, 1690. 

 Bordeaux (A.). Les mines de I'Afrique dii 8ud. 



Paris, 1898. 

 BoRX (Baron Inigo). Schnei'kensteine, oder die Siichsischen Topasfelsen. 



Prag, 1776. 

 BouRNON (CoMTE de) . An analytical description of the crystalline forms of corunduu) 

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[In Phil. Trans.: Abr., XVIII, p. 368, 1798.] 



. Description of the corundum stone, and it* varieties, commonly known as 



oriental ruljy, sapphire, etc. 



[In Phii. Trans., 1801, p. 223.] 



. A des(!riptive catalogue of diamonds in the cabinet of Sir Abraham Hume. 



London, 1815. 

 Boittan (M.E. ). Diamant. 



[In Fremy's Encyclopedie Chimique.] 



. Le Diamant. 



Paris, 1886. 



Contains a very full bi})liographj\ 

 Bovle (Robert). Experiments and considerations upon color, with considerations 

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 London, 1663. 



. Es.say about the origin and virtues of gems. 



[In his'works, v. Ill, 1772.] 



. Exercitatio de origine et viribus gemmarum. 



Ix)ndon, 1673. 



. An essay about the origin and virtues of gems, with some conjectures about 



the consistence of the matter of precious stones. 

 London, 1672. 

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. ]\Iincralogie ai)pliquee aux arts. 



Paris, 1821. 



