Gems in the Smithsonian Institution
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Chapters (32)
- Gems in the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
- CONTENTS
- 1 THE NATIONAL GEM COLLECTION
- 2 THE STUDY OF GEMS
- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GEMSTONES
- CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GEMSTONES
- 3 THE SHAPING OF GEMSTONES
- 4 GEM SUBSTITUTES
- IMITATION STONES
- ASSEMBLED STONES
- RECONSTRUCTED AND ALTERED STONES
- SYNTHETIC STONES
- 5 GEM LORE
- 6 PRINCIPAL GEM SPECIES
- DIAMOND
- PEARL
- CORUNDUM (RUBY AND SAPPHIRE)
- BERYL (INCLUDES EMERALD AND AQUAMARINE)
- TOPAZ
- OPAL
- SPINEL
- QUARTZ (INCLUDES ROCK CRYSTAL, AMETHYST, AND CITRINE)
- CHRYSOBERYL (INCLUDES ALEXANDRITE AND CAT’S-EYE)
- TOURMALINE
- ZIRCON
- PERIDOT
- SPODUMENE
- GARNET
- JADE
- CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME COMMON GEMS
- GEMSTONES FOR THE COLLECTOR
- 7 SOME NOTABLE GEMS IN THE COLLECTION
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