Gems, Jewelers' Materials, And Ornamental Stones of California
Gems, Jewelers' Materials, And Ornamental Stones of California
Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932
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Lime, 32.6; sulphuric acid, 46.5; water, 20.9. Selenite occurs either in distinct crystals or broad folia that are transparent. Satin Spar is a fine fibrous variety having the pearly opalescence of moonstone and affording the cat's-eye ray when cut en cabochon. It is frequently worked up into beads, pins, and other ornaments, but is too soft to stand any wear. Alabaster is a tine-grained, white, or delicately clouded variety. It is worked into carvings, statuettes, and other ornamental objects.... Gypsum forms extensive beds in connection with limestones and marlites; it is found also in crystalline rocks; about the fumaroles of volcanoes and in the desiccated lakes of the desert, and in the borax, soda, and niter fields, where it has been deposited on the evaporation of sea water and brines in w^hich it exists in solution. Tnyo County. — Common in many places. Los Angeles County. — Soledad Canon. Mono County. — Abundant in desert portion. Riverside County. — In desert portion, in large quantities and supe- rior quality.
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