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 417
t the description came too late for insertion. Ignited States Pearls. New Jersey merits the credit of producing fine pearls ;a great many thousand pearls have been obtained from themussels, which compare fairly with those of the India pearl-shell ; size, color, nacre, and orient are displayed in… … Fig. 12 a.
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