"Idocrase" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tourmaline, jargoon, peridote, spinel and chrysoberyl, though their names may be familiar, are not stones which would be recognized by any but those who are in some sense experts; while other minerals, such as sphene, andalusite, axinite, idocrase and diopside, are possibly almost unknown to most people, even by reputation. Yet all these minerals possess qualities of transparency, hardness and beauty of color which render them extraordinarily interesting and attractive ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 • Various |
