Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 153
amethysts are mentioned,one of which weighed 13-^ carats, and was valuedat $1116. But the greater part of the amethysts of commerce 132 PRECIOUS STONES. are occidental amethysts. As their compositionand value have nothing in common with the orientalamethyst they will be described elsewhere.… … Fig. 63.—Antonia, wife of Drusus. princess, who, to use the touching language ofLenormant, embodied in herself all the glory andthe sorrow of her time. She is represented as thegoddess Ceres, and carries a horn of plenty. Inthe National Library of France there is a mag-nificent work in amethyst, a…
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