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GENERAL CHARACTERS OF TRECIOUS STONES 



Arrangement of Precious Stones adopted in the present work. 



Diamond. 

 Corundum. 



Ruby, Sapphire including star-sapphire and 

 white sapphire, " Oriental aquamarine," 

 ■' Oriental emerald," "Oriental chrysolite," 

 " Oriental topaz," " Oriental hyacinth," 

 " Oriental amethyst," Adamantine-spar. 

 Spinel. 



"Ruby-spinel," " Balas-ruby," "Almandine- 

 spinel," Rubicelle, Blue spinel, Ceylonite. 

 Chrysoberyl. 



Cymophane (" Oriental oat's-eye "), Alex- 

 andrite. 

 Beryl. 



Emerald, Aquamarine, " Aquamarine-chry- 

 solite," G-olden beryl. 

 Eucilase. 

 Phenakite. 

 Topaz. 

 Zircon. 



Hyaiinth. 

 Garnet Group. 



Hessonite (Cinnamon - stone), Spessartite, 

 Almandine, Pyrope (Bohemian garnet, 

 "Cape ruby," and Rhodolite), Demantoid, 

 G-rossularite, Melanite, Topazolite. 

 Tourmaline. 

 Opal. 



Precious opal, Fire-opal, Common opal. 

 Turquoise. 

 Bone-turquoise. 

 Lazulite. 

 Callainite. 

 Olivine. 



Chrysolite, Peridote. 

 Cordierite. 

 Idocrase. 

 Axinite. 

 Kyanite. 

 Staurolite. 

 Andalusite. 

 Chiastolite. 

 Epidote. 

 Piedmontite. 

 Dioptase. 

 Chrysocolla. 

 Garnierite. 

 Sphene. 



Prehnite. 



Chlorastolite. 

 Zonochlorite. 

 Thomsonite. 



Lintonite. 

 Natrolite. 

 Hemimorphite. 

 Calamine. 

 Felspar Group. 



Amazon-stone, Sun-stone, Moon-stone, Labra- 

 dorescent felspar, Labradorite. 

 Elasolite. 

 Cancrinite. 

 Lapis-lazuli. 

 Haiiynite. 

 Sodalite. 

 Obsidian. 

 Moldavite. 

 Pyroxene and Hornblende Group. 



Hypersthene (with Bronzite, Bastite, Diallage), 

 Diopside, Spodumene (Hiddenite), Rho- 

 donite (and Lepidolite), Nephrite, Jadeite 

 (Chloromelanite). 

 Quartz. 



Crystallised quartz : Rock-crystal, Smoky- 

 quartz, Amethyst, Citrine, Rose-quartz, 

 Prase, Sapphire-quartz, Quartz with 

 enclosures, Cat's-eye, Tigei'-eye. 

 Compact quartz : Hornstone, Chrysoprase, 



Wood-stone, Jasper, Avanturine. 

 Chalcedony : Common Chalcedony, Carne- 

 lian. Plasma, Heliotrope, Agate with 

 Onyx, &c. 

 Malachite. 

 Chessylite. 

 Satin-spar (Fibrous Calcite, Aragonite, and 



Gypsum). 

 Fluor-spar. 

 Apatite. 

 Iron-pyrites. 

 Haematite. 

 Ilmenite. 

 Rutile. 

 Amber. 

 Jet. 



Appendix : Pearls and Coral. 



