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ASTERIA , or See also:STAR-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
STONE (from Gr. do-rip, star), a name applied to such ornamental stones as exhibit when cut en cabochon a luminous star. The typical asteria is the star-See also:sapphire, generally a bluish-See also:grey See also:corundum, milky or opalescent, with a star of six rays. (See SAPPHIRE.) In red corundum the stellate reflexion is less See also:common, and hence the star-See also:ruby occasionally found with the star-sapphire in See also:Ceylon is among the most valued of " See also:fancy stones." When the See also:radiation is shown by yellow corundum, the stone is called star-See also:topaz. ;Cymophane, or chatoyant See also:chrysoberyl, may also be asteriatedi In all these cases the asterism is due to the reflexion of See also:light from twin-lamellae or from See also:fine tubular cavities or thin enclosures definitely arranged in the stone. The astrion of See also:Pliny is believed to have been our See also:moonstone, since it is described as a colourless stone from See also:India having within it the See also:appearance of a star shining with the light of the See also:- MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
- MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)
moon. All star-stones were formerly regarded with much superstition.
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