Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 466
lf alone,, and quite different fromthe shapes of all other gems. For example, thediamond occurs in a crystal like that shown mFigure i, which is like two four-sided pyra-mids with their bases set together; or, again, ina shape like that of Figure 2, where the facesof the crystal are slightly… … 1. 2. DIAMOND CRYSTALS; 3, 4. GARNET CRYSTALS. Again, we have crystals of ruby or sapphire oc-curring in a form like that shown in Figure 5,a six-sided double pyramid; but these crystalsare apt to be rougher in outline, and withoutnatural polish. The natural polish that manyof the gem stones…
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