Library

Currently there are 283 bibliographical references and abstracts to publications with gemmological or mineralogical thematics in the ‘Library’. The section comprises also a glossary with 391 terms.

Publications

Breithaupt, J. F. A., 1837 — Bestimmung neuer Mineralien. 4. Variscit — Published in 1837 in ‘Journal für Praktische Chemie’; contains the original description of the mineral variscite.

Рогова, В. П., Рогов, Ю. Г., Дриц, В. А., Кузнецова, Н. Н., [Rogova, V. P., Rogov, Y. G., Drits, V. A., Kuznetsova, N. N.], 1978 — Чароит — новый минерал и новый ювелирно-поделочный камень [Charoite — a new mineral, and a new jewelеry stone] — Published in 1978 in ‘Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva’; contains the original description of the mineral charoite.

von Kobell, F., 1828 — Ueber den Pektolith — Published in 1828 in ‘Archiv für die Gesammte Naturlehre’; contains the original description of the mineral pectolite.

Des Cloizeaux, A., 1871 — Note sur la Montebrasite — Published in 1871 in ‘Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences’; contains the original description of the mineral montebrasite.

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Glossary

dike — a sheet of rock that formed in a crack in a pre-existing rock body

diopside — species of mineral; see diopside in ‘Classification’

dodecagon — rare shape in faceting a gemstone

dolomite — species of mineral; see dolomite in ‘Classification’

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