A popular treatise on gems, in reference to their scientific value; a guide for the teacher of natural sciences, the jeweller, and amateur: together with a description of the elements of mineralogy, and all ornamental and architectural materials .. (1859)
Feuchtwanger, Lewis. [from old catalog] · New York, D. Appleton & company · leaf 161
Fig. 1 a. 154 A POPULAR TREATISE ON GEMS. perfections. The Indians look more upon the size of the stonethan upon the cut, which is generally irregular and devoidof symmetry. We observe this in the two celebrated dia-monds of the Shah of Persia, the Dariainur—brilliant sea—(figs. 1 and 1 a), and the… … r.irx-tf>v.».««n>u>uj.n. Fig. 2. ^^^^j:<^^^iv^j^2^^W^Wic<^\
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