INDEX
Adamantine lustre ........ 28
,. glimmering ..... 29
glinting, or glistening .... 29
lustreless ...... 29
shining ...... 29
,. splendent ...... 29
Agate .......... 11
Almandine ......... 101
Amethyst......... 11
,. oriental ........ 85
sapphire ........ 85
Amorphous stones and their characteristics ... 23
Analysis .......... 5
Aplome .......... 101
Asters, or asteriated stones . . . . .82, 87-91
Azure-stone ......... 103
Beryl.........10,94
colours of, in dichroscope ..... 34
Beryllium ......... 10
Bezils..........66
Black stones, list of ........ 79
Blue 6apphire, composition of the ..... 10
„ stones, list of . . . . . . . .77
Bone-turquoise ........ 106
Break, as opposed to cleavage ...... 19
Brilliant-cut stones ........ 66
Brown stoneB, list of. . . . . . . .76
Building up of crystals ....... 13
Burnt, or pinked topaz ....... 92
CABOCHON-cut stones ....... 64
,. (the double) ....... 65
(the hollow).......65
Carbonate series . . . . . . . .11
Carbuncle........102, 103
Cat of Egypt.........89
