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Nature, Gardens & Animals
A Hand-book of Precious Stones
Meyer D. Rothschild
70 pages~1 hr 23 min read91 chaptersFree this month
What makes a gem a gem is physics, not price. Meyer Rothschild lays out the crystallization, cleavage, and fracture of precious stones, then the optics: refraction, polarization, the play of pleiochroic color. A compact handbook for anyone who wants to understand stones rather than merely admire them. The science hidden inside the sparkle.
Includes read-aloud narration with live word highlighting.
Inside this book
91 chapters
- 1A HAND-BOOK OF PRECIOUS STONES
- 2PREFACE.
- 3What are Precious Stones?
- 4Physical Characters.
- 5CRYSTALLIZATION.
- 6CLEAVAGE.
- 7FRACTURE.
- 8Optical Properties.
- 9REFRACTION.
- 10POLARIZATION OF LIGHT.
- 11Pleiochroism.
- 12Colors.
- 13Lustre.
- 14Streak.
- 15Hardness.
- 16Specific Gravity.
- 17Weight.
- 18Fusibility.
+ 73 more. The full contents open with the book.
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