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    Zircon Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Zircon
    Zircon Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Zircon
    Zircon Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Zircon
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    Zircon Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Zircon

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    This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subjects of gemology and crystallography. The titles in this range include "Gemstone Manufacturing" "The Optical Properties of Gemstones and Crystals" "The Thirty-Two Classes of Crystal Symmetry" and many more. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "Zircon Gemstones" contains information on their properties, origins, structure and much more. Intended to illustrate the main features of zircon it is a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and to understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 6, 2015
    ISBN9781473394827
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      Zircon Gemstones - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Origins, Structure and Properties of Zircon - Read Books Ltd.

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      THE IDENTIFICATION OF ZIRCON

      SINCE THE DAY, SOME THIRTY YEARS AGO, WHEN THE first Siamese blue zircons appeared on the market, this attractive gem-stone has gained steadily in popularity, and now may figure more prominently in the jeweller’s window than such old favourites as aquamarine, amethyst, or topaz.

      Before the influx of these heat-treated types from Bangkok, Ceylon was practically the sole source of gem zircon, which is very common in the gravels of that island. The term zircon itself was hardly known outside scientific circles, the name jargoon being commonly used in the trade. Even in those days the superficial similarity between well-cut colourless zircon and diamond was realized, and the misleading sobriquet Matura diamond or Matara diamond from Matara in Ceylon was carelessly or craftily applied to such stones.

      In the writer’s experience, no stone, apart from opal and diamond, can so readily be identified at sight, or with the aid of a simple pocket lens, as zircon. Recognition at first glance is often possible on account of its peculiar lustre, part adamantine, due to its high refractivity, part greasy or resinous, due to some peculiarity in its reaction to the polishing process. There is also often a characteristic milkiness and a fuzzy out-of-focus appearance, which is caused by the strong double refraction referred to later.

      Colour is also a considerable guide. No other natural stone produces such splendid sky-blue specimens; no colourless stone so near an approach to the fire of diamond, and the red, yellow, and brown types are usually sufficiently different in appearance from other minerals of similar colour. Green zircons alone are liable to be misleading; they have little or no double refraction, and lower refractive index than the normal types; moreover, the lustre does not appear so distinctive. If one becomes familiar with the peculiar shade of zircon green one may usually distinguish it from green sapphire, demantoid garnet, or a deep-green peridot, which most closely approach it. Though usually too dark, or too milky or sleepy to be attractive, green zircon can occasionally be an exceedingly beautiful stone.

      Zircons are very brittle on the surface, especially those which have been subjected to heat treatment—and this includes practically all modern zircons—which provides another means of recognition in the chipped and rubbed appearance of the edges and corners of a faceted stone if it has been worn for some time, or even packeted with other zircons.

      It has always been the author’s desire in this book to assist the jeweller to recognize stones without apparatus where this is possible, only calling on the instruments for a final decision where doubt still exists. Hence the mention of these

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