 | | Book | | Foreword Agates, when cut and polished, are among the most beautiful of semi-precious stones. One of...dull, rough and pitted exterior of the pebble, newly released from its ancient lava bubble, and its unpredictable...finding agates in large numbers, in the right area, and of cutting them open to reveal the pattern within...with collectors, especially in recent decades. Scotland is one of several countries rich in agates, so...called 'Scotch pebbles'. The National Museums of Scotland house the national collection of Scottish agates |  | | | | Council Many libraries in Essex have compact discs and cassettes for loan — fo 0 iS SE 5 EP 2005...Reproduction and printing by Craft Print, Singapore Cover images Front cover top Agate from Germany;...Germany; bottom Agate from Scotland. Back cover Agate from Germany. Title page Agate from Russian Arctic coast...Road Devon PL6 7PY UK Contents Introduction Names of agates What is an agate? Properties of agates...ornaments for around 7000 years, and have been recorded on every continent and in several different geological |  | | Book | | Holland and Cedric Rogers 2. SCOTLAND GEMSTONES OF KINTYRE—Peter Rodgers AGATES OF THE OCHIL HILLS-Peter...MINERALS-P.O’Donoghue and J.C.Brindley PETRIFIED WOOD IN LOCH NEAGH-P.O'Donoghue and J.C.Brindley 4. ISLANDS...Brown 6. MIDLANDS NEW SITES IN DERBYSHIRE—John and Joan Lawson PEAK DISTRICT—John Lawson THE CURSE...managed to contact arc Richard Barstow of St. Just and John Weller, of Newquay Derbyshire, of course, is...fluorite from the Midlands and the North, are booming as rarely before. And with these valuable industrial |  | | Book | | ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google...neighbourhood of Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Bideford , Lynton , and Clovelly . It also contains notices of other portions...LOCALITIES IN THE United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BY K TOWNSHEND M. HALL, F.G.S. LONDON...separately, after the description of each species, and not together, in the order of their geographical...look through above three hundred different lists ; and not even then could he be sure of obtaining a true |  | | Book | | Beryl John Sinkankas and Peter G. Read Garnet John D. Rouse Pearls: natural, cultured and imitation Alexander...any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording \\ithout the written permission of the...Standard Conditions of Sale of Net Books and may not be resold in the UK below the net price given by the Publishers...in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London Preface Even without its gemstone application...It is found virtually everywhere and the deposits vary in type and quality so much that it is impossible |  | | Book | | Rockana Mineral •. COilecting ·.n:Britain Rock and Mineral Collecting in Britain PETER R. RODGERS Peter...Peter Rodgers-author. journalist. broadcaster and a leading authority on British gemstones-has written...on several years· work as a research metallurgist and on his extensive travels throughout the British Isles...of all types of gemstones and minerals-from those found w1th1n the earth and beneath the sea to minerals...Britain's sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Collecting specimens 1s not d1ff1cult and. providing the collector |  | | Book (volume) | | 80 OXIDES. JASP-AGATE liesembles both Dendritic Moss and Agate Agate in the chalce- donic...structure in Jasp- Agate is, however, much to pseudo-stalactites. larger in amount, and as it consists... it has its variegated colours. About one and a Sutherland. an outlier half miles south of ...in close association with Actinolite, Pdpidolite and Potstone. 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