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

vom Rath, G., 1866 — Mineralogisch-geognostische Fragmente aus Italien — Published in 1866 in ‘Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft’; contains the original description of the mineral marialite.

Klaproth, M. H., 1803 — XV. Chemische Untersuchung des Natroliths — Published in 1803 in ‘Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften’; contains the original description of the mineral natrolite.

Blumenbachs, J. F., 1791 — Auszuge und Kezensioneit bergmanischer und mineralogischer Schriften — Published in 1791 in ‘Bergmannisches Journal’; contains the original description of the mineral leucite.

Breithaupt, J. F. A., 1846 — Pollux — Published in 1846 in ‘Annalen der Physik und Chemie’; contains the original description of the mineral pollucite.

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Glossary

hackmanite — variety of sodalite; see hackmanite in ‘Classification’

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

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

heart — rare shape in faceting a gemstone

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