Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 302
le in the centre isgenerally reserved. Figs. 121 and 122 representforms given to a great number of coloured stones,especially the emerald and the oriental aquamarine. There are other forms, in which the stones cutin circles or ovals have a large table on the uppersurface, surrounded with facets,… … Fig. 122.—Forms in which Stones are often cut. Rubies and sapphires are frequently cut verymuch like the diamond, with this difference, thatthere is less thickness given to their upper part. MOUNTING OF PRECIOUS STONES. Precious stones, which enter into jewelry in athousand ways, are rarely seen…
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