10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROCK CRYSTAL»
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rock crystal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rock crystal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Two children descend from the Alps after a visit with their grandparents only to take a wrong turn and find themselves lost on a glacier, with the snow falling and the night closing in.
Adalbert Stifter. A DALBERT S TIFTER ROCK CRYSTAL A CHRISTMAS TALE
Translated from the German by Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore Contents
Title Page Rock Crystal Also Available from Pushkin Press.
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Antique Jewelry: A Practical & Passionate Guide
The glass "crystals" are warmer to the touch; clear rock crystal is cold, like all
stones. Touch your tongue to the crystals before they have warmed up from your
hands, and you will easily note the difference in temperature. Stone is harder
than ...
Rose Leiman Goldemberg, 2000
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Handles were cut from the same single piece of rock crystal as the vessel (e.g. of
14th century; Vienna, Ksthist. Mus.). Although Venetian craftsmen were required
to submit a rock crystal rose as a masterpiece in 1486, little medieval rock crystal
...
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Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The ...
57.1.4. rock crystal (see also p. 71). This stone, sometimes simply referred to as
crystal, is a colourless macrocrystalline variety of quartz. Although Pliny (Natural
History, xxxvii, 23) attributes the best rock crystal to India, whence it might have ...
Peter Roger Stuart Moorey, 1999
Macrocrystalline quartz (crystals recognizable with the naked eye) includes
stones gemologists classify as varieties of the quartz species: amethyst,
aventurine, rock crystal, blue quartz, citrine, hawk's-eye, prasiolite, quartz cat's-
eye, smoky ...
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Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture
12 In Mecca, in the Zamzam Dome, he notices the exclusive presence of rock-
crystal lamps, "On the side of the dome which faces the Ancient House are chains
on which hang crystal lamps that are lit each night; and on the side to the right, ...
Rock Crystal. In ancient Egypt, rock crystal (quartz) was used for seals, amulets,
inlay, vessels, and figures such as the small Predynastic rock crystal lion thought
to be a gaming piece, now in the Cairo Museum. Numerous carved vessels have
...
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The Complete Cut & Engraved Glass of Corning
The name suggests earlier objects carved from natural crystals. Rock crystal was
always polished. It added to copper- wheel representational engraving
something of the third dimension of the Bohemian Hochschnitt (high- relief
engraving).
Estelle Foster Sinclaire, 1997
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Geochemical Methods of Prospecting for Non-Metallic Minerals
migration and redistribution of elements in rock-crystal-bearing zones. The
enclosing rocks, that occur beyond the boundaries of rock-crystal-bearing
deposits contain minor concentrations of chlorine (0.002 per cent) in all cases,
irrespective of ...
Igor' L. Komov, A. N. Lukashev, A. V. Koplus, 1994
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROCK CRYSTAL»
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rock crystal is used in the context of the following news items.
'Rock Crystal' Tells Of Catastrophe's Quiet Avoidance
So begins the all-but-forgotten Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter's 1845 novella Rock Crystal, every re-reading of which is, for me, exactly like the first time I read it: ... «NPR, Jul 13»
Chanel: Lagerfeld Rocks Crystal
As embellishment, the rock crystal story was stunning — not least the Lesage-embroidered eyebrow pads on the models and the shards of semiprecious stones ... «New York Times, Mar 12»
'Holy grail' jug they valued at just £100 is sold for £3m
The carved rock crystal 'ewer', which dates back to the Fatimid rulers of Cairo in the late 10th century, has been described as the 'Holy Grail' of Islamic art. «Daily Mail, Oct 08»
