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Page 59
... coloured coleopterans and are used in making jewelry . The pits and grooves covering the South American leaf beetle Desmonota vario- losa give it an iridescent green colour with the depth of an emerald . The colouring disap- pears at ...
... coloured coleopterans and are used in making jewelry . The pits and grooves covering the South American leaf beetle Desmonota vario- losa give it an iridescent green colour with the depth of an emerald . The colouring disap- pears at ...
Page 68
... colour zoning may also occur . The coloured varieties , when transparent and free from flaws , are cut as gems . Tourmaline is very abundant and has the best developed crystals in pegmatites and in metamorphosed limestones in contact ...
... colour zoning may also occur . The coloured varieties , when transparent and free from flaws , are cut as gems . Tourmaline is very abundant and has the best developed crystals in pegmatites and in metamorphosed limestones in contact ...
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... colour are relieved only by areas of small dots of pure colour and a small genre scene revealed through an open door . Vuillard never married . He lived with his widowed mother until her death , and the majority of his works deal with ...
... colour are relieved only by areas of small dots of pure colour and a small genre scene revealed through an open door . Vuillard never married . He lived with his widowed mother until her death , and the majority of his works deal with ...
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