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Testing precious stones

We now arrive at the point where it is necessary to discuss the manufacture and re-formation of precious stones, and also to consider a few of the tests which may be applied to all stones. These are given here in order to save needless repetition; the tests which are specially applicable to individual stones will [...]

Pleochroism and colour of minerals

Color is one of the most wonderful effects in nature. It is an attribute of light and is not a part of the object which appears to be coloured; though all objects, by their chemical or physical composition, determine the number and variety of vibrations passed on or returned to the eye, thus fixing their [...]