Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 146
39,500. In the Hope collection—among several fine spe-cimens of this gem—is a stone called the Mar-vellous Sapphire, which is blue by day and ame-thystine at night. This gem is said to have affordedthe foundation of one of Madame de Genlis stories. ENGRAVED SAPPHIRES. The ancients engraved the… … SIIII!^B[IHii!ll|l!llllllllll|llfilil THE TOPAZ. 127 the artist has skilfully used the dark tint for thewoman and the light tint for the drapery. Thisgem formed part of the collection of the Duke ofOrleans. The cabinet of France possesses in sapphire avery remarkable intaglio representing the…
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