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Definition of Demantoids
1. demantoid [n] - See also: demantoid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demantoids
Literary usage of Demantoids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"... since it is this very quality that has kept down the prices of the Siberian
demantoids, or Uralian emeralds, as the green garnets are variously termed. ..."
2. A Book of Precious Stones: The Identification of Gems and Gem Minerals, and by Julius Wodiska (1918)
"The andradite garnets furnish the brilliant, nearly emerald green demantoids (so
often called "olivine" by the trade). Thus all the garnets are silicates ..."
3. Precious Stones; a Book of Reference for Jewellers by Wallis Richard Cattelle (1903)
"The beautiful bright yellowish-green stones known here as olivines are generally
demantoids, Russian green garnets of about the same hardness. ..."
4. Gems and Precious Stones of North America: A Popular Description of Their by George Frederick Kunz (1890)
"... since it is this very quality that has kept down the prices of the Siberian
demantoids, or Uralian emeralds, as the green garnets are variously termed. ..."
5. History of the Gems Found in North Carolina by George Frederick Kunz (1907)
"... since it is this very quality that has kept down the prices of the Siberian
demantoids, or Uralian emeralds, as the green garnets are variously termed. ..."
6. History of the Gems Found in North Carolina by George Frederick Kunz (1907)
"... since it is this very quality that has kept down the prices of the Siberian
demantoids, or Uralian emeralds, as the green garnets are variously termed. ..."
7. Bulletin. by North Carolina, Dept. of Conservation and Development (1907)
"... since it is this very quality that has kept down the prices of the Siberian
demantoids, or Uralian emeralds, as the green garnets are variously termed. ..."
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