Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 367
nded and dented pebbles aregarnets, the same material from which in Ceylonthe loveliest, richest pigeon-blood gems are ob-tained. Garnet is common throughout the EasternUnited States in the crystalline rocks. Enormousones are found in Salida, Colorado, and verypretty, deep-colored ones are taken… … TIIE PECULIAR RED STONES. uted mineral. They have been formed at a hightemperature. Some of these distorted pebblesyou have found show crystal faces. There aremany sorts of garnets, and many different colors;among the most beautiful are a rosy-pink garnet 19.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 275…
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