Precious Stones

Precious Stones
Author: A. H. Church
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2015-08-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781332239894

Excerpt from Precious Stones: Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations, With a Catalogue of the Townshend Collection Precious Stones: Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations, With a Catalogue of the Townshend Collection was written by A. H. Church in 1905. This is a 150 page book, containing 43659 words and 42 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Precious Stones

Precious Stones
Author: W. T. Fernie
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2013-09-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483194329

Precious Stones: For Curative Wear; and Other Remedial Uses presents the different gem stones that is regarded as a powerful tool to cure the ailing in ancient times. This book discusses the myths, superstitions, and biblical significance associated with the stone. It particularly demonstrates the belief of ancient people in the power of the diamond. Some of the topics covered in the book are the weight, historical background, and healing effects of diamond. Considerable chapters examine the weight, origin, and healing effects of these gem stone, including amethyst, aqua-marine, ruby, calcium, copper, jade, jasper, emerald, iron, and lapis lazuli. The remaining chapters are devoted to the occult power of other precious stones. The book can provide useful information to the general reader.