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... transparent and blood - red sort is called the female , while the less transparent and darker kind is termed the male . And the different kinds of Lyncurium are distinguished in the same way , of which the female is the more transparent ...
... transparent and blood - red sort is called the female , while the less transparent and darker kind is termed the male . And the different kinds of Lyncurium are distinguished in the same way , of which the female is the more transparent ...
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... transparent quartz of a dull red colour , arranged often in different shades , and is found in great abundance in many parts of Europe ; for instance , on every coast where the beach is composed of rolled flint shingle , as on the ...
... transparent quartz of a dull red colour , arranged often in different shades , and is found in great abundance in many parts of Europe ; for instance , on every coast where the beach is composed of rolled flint shingle , as on the ...
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... transparent , from Arabia somewhat opaque . One of the three Indian varieties used to be backed with silver foil when set . A gold foil was employed for those found in Epirus and Egypt . Sards retained their polish longer than any other ...
... transparent , from Arabia somewhat opaque . One of the three Indian varieties used to be backed with silver foil when set . A gold foil was employed for those found in Epirus and Egypt . Sards retained their polish longer than any other ...
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... ; whilst , on the other hand , genuine antique works in this material are much more unfrequent than on any of the other varieties of the quartz family . imposed upon a red transparent stratum of the true red 8 SECT . I. MATERIALS .
... ; whilst , on the other hand , genuine antique works in this material are much more unfrequent than on any of the other varieties of the quartz family . imposed upon a red transparent stratum of the true red 8 SECT . I. MATERIALS .
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... transparent ground beneath . No doubt this effect of fire upon the Sard was first discovered by accident , and that too at a late period of the Empire , as I have never seen any fine engravings upon such a material , though Gnostic ...
... transparent ground beneath . No doubt this effect of fire upon the Sard was first discovered by accident , and that too at a late period of the Empire , as I have never seen any fine engravings upon such a material , though Gnostic ...
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