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Title: A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public

Author: Frank Bertram Wade

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By Frank B. Wade

Diamonds
A Text-Book of Precious Stones

A TEXT-BOOK OF PRECIOUS STONES FOR JEWELERS AND THE GEM-LOVING PUBLIC

by

FRANK B. WADE, B.S.

Head of the Department of Chemistry, Shortridge High
School, Indianapolis, Ind.
Author of "Diamonds: A Study of the Factors That
Govern Their Value"

Illustrated

G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press

Copyright, 1918
by
Frank B. Wade

First printing, January, 1918
Second " March, 1924

[Device]

Made in the United States of America

PREFACE

In this little text-book the author has tried to combine the trade
information which he has gained in his avocation, the study of precious
stones, with the scientific knowledge bearing thereon, which his
vocation, the teaching of chemistry, has compelled him to master.

In planning and in writing the book, every effort has been made to teach
the fundamental principles and methods in use for identifying precious
stones, in as natural an order as possible. This has been done in the
belief that the necessary information will thus be much more readily
acquired by the busy gem merchant or jeweler than would have been the
case had the material been arranged in the usual systemat