 | 1895 - 516 Seiten
...corundum gems, and is known as Oriental emerald. The specimen is a crystal CORUNDUM GEMS. 19 4x2 x 1J inches; part of it is transparent, and several very fine gems could be cut from it, see Plate Xll. Another locality in the same county, interesting, though less prominent, is the Mincey... | |
 | 1905 - 918 Seiten
...yellowish and light-green varieties are not uncommon. What is probably the finest known specimen of oriental emerald in the world came from this mine...the Bement collection. It is a crystal 4 by 2 by 1 J inches ; part of it is transparent, and several very fine gerns could be cut from it. At the Sapphire... | |
 | North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey - 1905 - 560 Seiten
...various shades of light green and yellowish green have been found, some of which were transparent. What is probably the finest known specimen of the...collection. It is a crystal, 4 by 2 by 1] inches, part of which is transparent, from which could be cut several pieces that would furnish from 80 to 100 carats... | |
 | Joseph Hyde Pratt, Joseph Volney Lewis - 1905 - 562 Seiten
...various shades of light green and yellowish green have been found, some of which were transparent. What is probably the finest known specimen of the...the Bement collection. It is a crystal, 4 by 2 by 1 J inches, part of which is transparent, from which could be cut several pieces that would furnish from... | |
 | Joseph Hyde Pratt, Joseph Volney Lewis - 1905 - 556 Seiten
...light green and yellowish green have been found, some of which were transparent. What is probably tho finest known specimen of the oriental emerald in the...collection. It is a crystal, 4 by 2 by 1^ inches, part of which is transparent, from which could be cut several pieces that would furnish from 80 to 100 carats... | |
 | George Frederick Kunz - 1907 - 126 Seiten
...known as Oriental emerald. The specimen is a crystal "Am. Jour. Scl., IV, Aug. and Sept., 1872. 4x2x1^ inches ; part of it is transparent, and several very fine gems could be cut from it, see Plate XII. Another locality in the same county, interesting, though less prominent, is the Mincey... | |
 | George Frederick Kunz - 1907 - 132 Seiten
...Oriental emerald. The specimen is a crystal •°Am. Jour. Sci., IV, Aug. and Sept., 1872. 4x2x 1J inches; part of it is transparent, and several very fine gems could be cut from it, see Plate XII. Another locality in the same county, interesting, though less prominent, is the Mincey... | |
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Sept., 1872. 4x2x1^ inches ; part of it is transparent, and several very fine gems could be cut from it, see Plate XII. Another locality in the same county, interesting, though less prominent, is the Mincey mine on Ellijay (properly Elegee) Creek, about... 