Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 182
lequin opal, shows generally in its fire a tri-angular disposition very characteristic. It exhibitsflashes or flames of the most brilliant colours. The affection that the ancients entertained forthis beautiful gem was unbounded. The Romansenator Nonnius preferred exile to parting with abrilliant… … Fig. 73.—Opal of DAugny. son as having three longitudinal bands of the harle-quin kind, from the uppermost of which rose perpen-dicularly the most resplendent flames. It measured 11 l62 PRECIOUS STONES. nine lines by six. In the last century the two mostfamous opals belonged, one, round and very…
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