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Page 439
... stones , though pretty enough as specimens , are for the most part scarcely worth cutting , consisting , as they generally do , of a thin rind of chalcedony , lined with a crop of amethyst crystals . A few German agates may , however ...
... stones , though pretty enough as specimens , are for the most part scarcely worth cutting , consisting , as they generally do , of a thin rind of chalcedony , lined with a crop of amethyst crystals . A few German agates may , however ...
Page 440
... stones . Before being brought into use , the wheels are seasoned by exposure for some time in the open air . Stones fresh from the quarry have been known to suddenly fly to pieces while rapidly rotating ; and on two occasions grinders ...
... stones . Before being brought into use , the wheels are seasoned by exposure for some time in the open air . Stones fresh from the quarry have been known to suddenly fly to pieces while rapidly rotating ; and on two occasions grinders ...
Page 441
... stones usually take the color readily , and hence their great value to the cameo - worker . that the Arabian stones are purified by leaving them for seven days and seven nights in honey . Now the stones might be left in honey till ...
... stones usually take the color readily , and hence their great value to the cameo - worker . that the Arabian stones are purified by leaving them for seven days and seven nights in honey . Now the stones might be left in honey till ...
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The Secret Chamber | 35 |
A Winter Reverie | 129 |
WHAT SHE CAME THROUGH By Sarah | 147 |
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