10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORIENTAL TOPAZ»
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Dictionarium polygraphicum: or, The whole body of arts ...
To make an oriental Topaz. It will be needless here to repeat the quality of the
topaz, fince we have done it already in this book ; so we shall content ourselves,
to shew the manner of imitating it with our paste, composed of natural crystal and
...
John Barrow (teacher of mathematics.),
1735
2
A catalogue of the collection of pearls and precious stones ...
A superlatively fine Oriental topaz, of a square form with rounded corners, cut as
a brilliant, and of a very fine lemon colour, of the purest tint, and free from any
flaw or defect. In respect of brilliancy, this beautiful gem does not even yield to the
...
Henry Philip Hope, Bram Hertz,
1839
3
The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, ...
The natives, like European mineralogists, distinguish four principal species of
yaqut, — red (oriental ruby), blue (oriental sapphire), yellow, white, or colourless (
oriental topaz), and green (oriental emerald). Natives distinguish the oriental ruby
...
They are: (1) "Oriental topaz," or yellow sapphire; (2) topaz; (3) yellow crystal or
cairngorm topaz. Of course, the real cause of the confusion which exists with
regard to these stones lies in the very faulty nomenclature of precious stones.
5
Earth and its treasures [tr.], ed., and with additions, by ...
THE TOPAZES — THE ORIENTAL TOPAZ — THE INDIAN TOPAZ — THE
TOPAZ OF BRAZIL — TOPAZES OF SAXONY, BOHEMIA, AND SIBERIA —
PROPERTIES OF THE TOPAZ. " From seas remote the yellow Topaz came,
Found in the ...
Arthur Mangin, William Henry Davenport Adams,
1875
6
Earth and Its Treasures: A Description of the Metallic and ...
THE TOPAZES — THE ORIENTAL TOPAZ — THE INDIAN TOPAZ— THE TOPAZ
OF BRAZIL — TOPAZES OF SAXONY, BOHEMIA, AND SIBERIA —
PROPERTIES OFTHE TOPAZ. • " From seas remote the yellow Topaz came,
Found in the ...
Arthur Mangin, William Henry Davenport Adams,
1875
7
Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, ...
The oriental topaz, according to its colour, receives the following names :— Nova
mina, colourless. Brazilian cbrysolite, I greenish yellow. Brazilian ruby, pink or
rose colour, artificially obtained. Oriental topaz is found all over the world, ...
8
Catalogue of the exhibits in the Queensland mining court: ...
Oriental Topaz. 3* carats; value, £10. Cut by H. W. Hyde. Exhibited by H. W. Hyde
. 358. (G.S.Q. 385.) Garnet in the rough. Exhibited by H. W. Hyde. 359. (G.S.Q.
384.) Oriental Emerald (in the rough). Exhibited by IT. W. Hyde. 330. (G.S.Q. 450.)
...
9
The Natural History of Gems Or Decorative Stones
Oriental Topaz, and the Jacinth. The Chrysolithus of Pliny (42), or at least his best
sort, the Indian, wad the gem now commonly but improperly styled the Oriental
Topaz, a yellow variety of the Sapphire, and of equal hardness and rarity.
Charles William King,
1867
The oriental topaz affects the octahedral form. The Brazilian topaz crystallizes in
rhomboi- dal tetrahedral prisms, grooved longitudinally. They are terminated by
two tetrahedral pyramids with smooth triangular faces. The Saxon topaz exhibits
...
Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal (comte de Chanteloup), William Nicholson,
1800