Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 263
PRECIOUS STONES. upon the subject; and Pliny declared that it was adifficult task to distinguish between the false andthe true. Not only in Rome were false stones invogue, but, according to Pliny, the Indians coun-terfeited jewels with success, especially opals. The processes that Pliny was so… … Fig- 95-—Egyptian Ring of Gold, with inlaid work of Enamel. and the latter in his treatise on the Essence ofMinerals, states explicitly that there were menwho fabricated artificial jewels. Among the pre-cious stones counterfeited, he instances the hya-cinth, sapphire, emerald, ruby, and topaz. At…
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