| 单词 | rock crystal |
| 例句 | I hadn't had a freshwater bath in three weeks and was glistening with caked salt like a stick of rock crystal candy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z At first, all she could think about was how she wouldn’t get to make her own rock crystal stalactites for her Carlsbad Caverns diorama idea. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z At first, all she could think about was how she wouldn’t get to make her own rock crystal stalactites for her Carlsbad Caverns diorama idea. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z So were the models’ rock crystal necklet or lapel pin. Fashion Review: Louis Vuitton’s Satellite View 2014-01-16T16:43:46Z Other smaller pieces, such as some of the rock crystal, are set in niches in the walls, and the objects throughout are brilliantly lit to enhance their sparkling, varied colors and coruscating surfaces. A Sleek Home at British Museum for Ferdinand’s Gift 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Starting when she was barely 20 years old, Ms. Belperron made her mark at the House of Boivin with creations that set precious stones against rock crystal, chalcedony or smoked quartz. Special Report: A Cut Above: Jewelry: An Unsigned Iconoclast of 20th-Century Design 2010-12-10T17:50:00Z Simulated candles in rock crystal chandeliers flicker over pre-French Revolution gilded armchairs clustered as if in readiness for aristocrats’ whispered anxieties. Antiques: A London Apartment Done Up in French 2010-04-22T22:32:00Z The only substitute was rock crystal for the huge diamonds and gold-plated silver instead of the original three kilos of solid gold, which would now cost considerably more than a king's ransom. Henry VIII's lost crown recreated 400 years on 2012-10-07T13:25:11Z Among these is the Holy Thorn Reliquary, an astonishing confection of gold, precious stones, rock crystal and numerous tiny enameled figures, made around 1400 to house a supposed thorn from Christ’s crown of thorns. A Sleek Home at British Museum for Ferdinand’s Gift 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z From a serpent necklace melding opals and rock crystals, through butterfly wings in colored sapphires to a chameleon bracelet, this was nature in sophisticated style. Bedazzled at the Place Vendôme 2012-07-09T12:37:02Z A luminous chunk of rock crystal sits atop a small plywood box, as if a crystal radio to Frida Kahlo's spirit world. Jeffrey Vallance has a conversation with Leonardo and other giants at CB1 Gallery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Gilded mirror frames are studded with porcelain fragments, while graceful bronze chandeliers bear lyrical flourishes of plaster, rock crystal, and white marble. See William P. Sullivan's Beautiful Designs 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Reliquaries were designed to incorporate lots of glass and transparent rock crystal so that their contents would be visible. Art Review: The Spiritual Network 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z Lamps, bowls, and candlesticks made of rock crystal abound. Step Inside Linda Pinto's Luxurious Parisian Apartment 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The 21 elegantly appointed showrooms are freshly stocked with rock crystal chandeliers, hand-knotted Tibetan rugs, sleek sectional sofas and Moorish jacquard fabrics. Washington Design Center opens on 14th Street An unusual woman’s ring here from 1592, made of gold and rock crystal, is called a “memorial poesy ring”; on its inner surface is inscribed, “The cruel seas, remember, took him in November.” Exhibition Review: At the Folger, a 200-Year Survey of the Sea 2010-08-18T18:21:00Z The combination of high-tech glitter and simple trees is the work of Jeff Leatham, the hotel’s celebrated florist, who found a link with nature in the rawness of rock crystal. Chandeliers: 'Tis the Season to Sparkle 2010-12-20T14:30:07Z The collection, with about 2,000 objects, is rich in carpets and textiles, lusterware, manuscripts and rare Fatimid-period rock crystal vessels from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Dallas Museum Lands a Rich Trove of Islamic Art 2014-02-03T22:39:05Z As for “Spiral Jetty,” for years, there was so much rain and runoff from snow in the mountains, the 1,500-foot coil of basalt rock and rock crystals was submerged. How Do You Sell a Work of Art Built Into the Earth? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Some call for silver aircraft to crash on the stage, and for chrome-color walls to be sliced by lasers to reveal a surface of rock crystal. ‘Licht’ Unleashes a Helicopter String Quartet 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z With gilded skin and rock crystal eyes it would have glinted and glowed with life in candlelight on a home altar. What Museums Don’t Reveal About Religious Art 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z At the warehouse, he navigated past brackets, doors, shutters, pilasters, fireplace mantels, mirrors, balustrades, light fixtures, hardware, murals and sculptures, some of which are studded with rock crystals or amethysts. A Duke’s Gilded Haven, Recreated in Paris 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z As embellishment, the rock crystal story was stunning — not least the Lesage-embroidered eyebrow pads on the models and the shards of semiprecious stones on the heels of shoes. Fashion Review: Chanel: Crystal Inspires Lagerfeld 2012-03-06T19:29:09Z She strings it on cowhide thongs, with solid silver finishing or combines it with semiprecious stones — amethyst, tourmaline and rock crystal — that she buys directly from mines in Brazil. From Travel to Fashion, Wood Goes Exotic 2012-11-21T15:30:24Z Cynthia S. Williams, a scholar in New York who is working with Mr. Evans’s curatorial team, is searching for glassware and rock crystal carvings in museums and private collections. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The ring was created using gold, silver, diamonds and rock crystal with engraved intaglio inspired by Istanbul’s sultan mosques. In Transit Blog: Jewelry Show Takes Over London Gallery 2011-12-12T11:00:52Z As if that were not enough, the legs are decorated with a combination of petrified wood, amethyst, cabochon carnelian and diamond-cut rock crystal, gilt and more imitation pearls. Art Review: Johann Christian Neuber’s Gold-and-Stone Bonbons at the Frick 2012-07-12T21:49:03Z As winds whip around the planet, carrying along the quartz nanoparticles, they form high-altitude hazes — essentially diffuse clouds of rock crystals — at the day–night termination zone. JWST Detects Quartz Crystals in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z She was buried with ivory tusks, ostrich eggshell, and a rock crystal dagger. High-status ancient Spanish tomb held 'Ivory Lady' 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z It held a rock crystal dagger, ivory tusks and other lavish items. Lavish tomb in ancient Spain belonged to a woman, not a man, new research shows 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Among the finds have been a Swiss leather shoe over 3,500 years old and a 10,000-year-old Alpine glacier mine where hunters once extracted rock crystals to make arrowheads and other kinds of blades. The world’s melting glaciers are yielding up their secrets too quickly 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Webb embellished it with large dangling rock crystal drops and added an oversize hammered-gold chain with an interlocking scroll motif reminiscent of Cycladic and Mayan adornment. A Dramatic Necklace That Nods to Antiquity and the Future 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Another clock linked to Queen Victoria's reign is a large organ clock in the King's Drawing Room, which houses a Bible placed by the monarch inside a rock crystal casket. Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “The stones applied to these crowns are not diamonds, they are rock crystals and pearls,” Mr. Lundgren said. Thieves in Sweden Steal Royal Treasures and Escape by Speedboat 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The pieces — made of materials including marble, alabaster, bronze, leather, foam, rock crystal and concrete — were the subject of a recent show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, or MOCA, in Los Angeles. Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy sign copies of ‘Furniture’ book in Paris 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z It’s full of small plastic baggies, an electronic scale and packages of white powder and rock crystals. A Modern Spice Merchant Requires Calm at Customs 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z She points to the white goatskin rug in the bar, rock crystals that top numerous tables and the large potted plants in almost every room. Katie and Todd Traina’s Home: A San Francisco Mansion With its Own Nightclub 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The rock crystal panels are engraved with land and seascapes, and surrounded by floral-painted enamel. Windsor Castle: Changing hundreds of royal clocks 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The Islamic cultural items include objects made from rock crystal, metalwork, ceramics, textiles, carpets and works on paper. Works from Islamic art collection to go on display in Dallas 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z A battered painted dresser; an overstuffed sofa covered in faded, flowered fabric; a chipped vase filled with nearly-gone cabbage roses; a light fixture draped in ropes of rock crystal. Rachel Ashwell details the flowering of Shabby Chic style in new book 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The objet d’art has approximately 3,300 diamonds, 139 natural pearls, carved rock crystal and mother-of-pearl set on white and yellow gold. Fabergé Unveils New 'Imperial Egg' At Baselworld 2015 And Names Its Buyer 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The museum says only seven rock crystal ewers of similar quality from the medieval Islamic world are known. Work from Islamic collection goes on view in Texas 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Other pieces incorporate ivory, agate, shell, and rock crystal. Silver haul donated to Ashmolean 2013-01-31T10:50:28Z Prof Meunier's team shows that clays in these volcanic samples were formed directly in place, in the spaces that sometimes arise between cooling rock crystals. Pacific lavas back dry early Mars 2012-09-10T08:50:04Z Finely powdered silica is a very bad conductor, but in the compact form of rock crystal it is as good a conductor as some of the metals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z For the king there was a "gorgeous coach and seven beautiful horses, twelve arquebuses, six of whalebone and six variegated, and a vase of rock crystal filled with perfumes." Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The pitcher from late 10th- to 11th-century Egypt was cut from a single piece of rock crystal. Work from Islamic collection goes on view in Texas 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The vases and goblets of rock crystal were also well contested. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The string beans were found on a table by the fireplace, near candles nestled in rock crystal holders. Scene Last Night: In Vitro Meat, Vertical Farms, String Beans 2012-02-24T10:00:28Z It’s a form of rock crystal, strontia, I believe some people call it, and I don’t doubt but what it’s related to the limestone in the quarries. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z CRYSTAL-GAZING, or Scrying, the term commonly applied to the induction of visual hallucinations by concentrating the gaze on any clear deep, such as a crystal or a ball of polished rock crystal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The intention would seem to have been to imitate vessels of rock crystal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z On the ceiling seventeen white, full-breasted caryatids, bending under the weight of the roof, supported the wide bands of rock crystal, with electrical bulbs, which shed a sort of moonlight. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z A window of rock crystal is set in the end of this beak, behind which a small electric lamp, controlled by a switch at the ocular end, is placed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z We also picked up some fragments of a greenish-grey coloured rock, apparently sandstone, with disseminated variegated copper ore and copper glance; likewise rhomboidal fragments of white calcareous spar, and some rock crystals. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z The chips broken off from the edge of the ice-hole looked like pieces of greenish rock crystal. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The rocks are probably of quartz, i.e. rock crystal, a correspondence with Pliny’s statement respecting Indian glass which seems deserving of attention. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z His body is deposited in a gorgeous shrine of silver, the gift of Philip IV., of Spain, and he lies in his full canonicals and can be seen through panes of rock crystals. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z It abounds in most substances which are hard enough to strike fire with steel, as flint, rock crystal, and most precious stones. Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry 2011-10-11T02:01:05.817Z The walls were set with rubies, the floor was of rock crystal, strewn with pink and white rose-leaves. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z The sumptuous ball-room, with its walls of Italian marble, heavily gilt ceiling, and chandeliers of rock crystal, made a handsome setting for a brilliant audience, which included Queen Am�lie of Portugal. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Many pebbles are found, which are very brilliant and, from their beautiful appearance, are, or would seem to be, rock crystal. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z After they had conversed for a short time there entered twelve pages bearing vases of agate and rock crystal, enriched with precious stones, and full of the most exquisite beverages. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Then into Richelieu-en-Bas, where every roof, every fence, every post and rivet, looked to be pure rock crystal. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Chessmen of rock crystal and gold we coveted, and we liked the room in which are the great, ponderous, gilded state coaches of some century long ago, with their whips, harnesses, and comical postilion boots. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z In most balances the beam rests on steel knife edges; but a maker who has lately obtained celebrity makes his supports of pure rock crystal. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z His attendants were his mother, his wives, and some eunuchs, who assiduously employed themselves in filling capacious bowls of rock crystal, and emulously presenting them to him. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z Chinese snuff bottles, from the mid-18th century on, tend to be made from precious materials, such as jade, ivory, lacquer, porcelain, bronze, silver, enamel, jet, rock crystal and rhinoceros horn. Art.view: Message in a bottle 2010-06-09T10:22:00Z He is the inventor of the rock crystal prismatic micrometer, the ring micrometer. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Lydia's drawing-room was brilliant with vermilion lacquer, jade, rock crystal, a Chinese painting or two and huge cushioned armchairs and sofas. Manslaughter The chandelier in rock crystal and its imitations had come in at least a hundred years before their day, and continued in favour to the middle of the 19th century, or even somewhat later. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Of growing importance are the gems found in California: a few diamonds in Butte county; rock crystal in Calaveras county; and tourmalines, kunzite, the rare pink beryl and bright blue topazes in San Diego county. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" The handle was of clear rock crystal, and through the crystal you could see gold, inlaid with pictures of a lion hunt done in different shades of gold and silver. Tales of Troy and Greece There a long vein of once liquid basalt, freezing suddenly ages ago, left a great ridge of close-packed, vertical rock crystals running out an unknown distance into the sea. Old Plymouth Trails At last they came to another door, made of crystal glass, and entered a large hall with a sparkling roof of rock crystal. Fairy Tales from the German Forests It is also perfectly transparent to ultra-violet light, being superior even to rock crystal or fused quartz in that respect. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Its walls were as smooth and straight as though turned from milky rock crystal in a gigantic lathe. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Another brought a bowl carved from rock crystal and filled with a liquid golden-green with reflected light. Two Thousand Miles Below She tried the back of a watch, a glass of water, a mirror, and other reflecting surfaces, before arriving at the conclusion that polished rock crystal affords the best speculum for divination. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore Made of silver and rock crystal, studded with diamonds and pearls, and hung about with sheer curtains of embroidered yellow silk, the palanquin belonged without doubt to a young girl of the royal house. Mr. Wicker's Window There were also some very curious glass tubes, and a small pointed rod of iron, with a large lump of rock crystal, and another of amber—also a loadstone of great power. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories The camera is equipped with a special lens ground out of rock crystal. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 "They say he's—rock crystal,—because ice will melt," said George. Say and Seal, Volume II He raised the lid of the locket and looked down into it, at the design incised on rock crystal that looked like an interweaving of Arabic letters with circles and triangles. The Saracen: The Holy War As he proceeded he found many small rock crystals, two or three inches long, and beautifully transparent. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe In the rough the diamond is less attractive in appearance than rock crystal. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public The Clach-na-Bratach is a transparent, globular mass of rock crystal, of the size of a small apple. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 The day he and I and Kate Edwards went after the beaver-lily root, we climbed part way up a high mountain and on the side of it Ad found rock crystals. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine It has been the practice for many years to substitute the original beryl or "rock crystal" by a glass ball. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance Under the ashes of the paper he found a vial of rock crystal, sparkling like a diamond. Laboulaye's Fairy Book This carriage was made of rock crystal, the mouldings and hinges were of carved gold, and the roof, in form of a crown, was made of wood of aloes, having cornices of silver. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers It is a very perfect specimen of rock crystal; the silver setting is Saracenic in character, and said to be very old. Chronicles of Strathearn The whole apparatus—prisms, periscope, lenses, and the fluorescing screen—are made of rock crystal, which is permeable to the ultraviolet light. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility Those who have any experience at all in this matter will allow that the rock crystal exerts an influence of an entirely different nature to that observable in the use of glass. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance Here they found a sort of rock crystal resembling diamonds in all respects except hardness, a disappointing circumstance which was ascribed to the action of cold. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The beautiful specimens of rock crystal, calc spar, topaz, emerald, and other stones which adorn mineral collections are sufficient evidence of these properties. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Also, a portion of the martyr’s brains were kept under a piece of rock crystal, and a special official, called the Custos Martyrii, was appointed to guard these relics. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See A rock crystal or quartz pebble is selected and examined. On Laboratory Arts In hypnotic clairvoyance the glass ball will be found as useful a "field" as the best rock crystal. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance When the Dutch sailed into the Kara Sea they fell in with much ice, on which account they anchored at the island, Staten Eiland, where during the preceding voyage rock crystal had been found. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II At the right of the body was placed a casket of solid silver, full of goblets and smelling-bottles, cut in rock crystal, agate, and other precious stones. Pagan and Christian Rome The next place they visited was Açànkikè, where there was a house built of the white rock crystal, with a door made of all sorts of plants. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 Unless the preliminary heating has been efficiently carried out this will prove an annoying task, because a rock crystal generally contains so much water that it splinters under the blow-pipe in a very persistent manner. On Laboratory Arts I loaded it with bales of rich stuffs, and large pieces of rock crystal, of which the mountain was in a great measure formed. Favorite Fairy Tales This mirror was of rock crystal combined with cut and polished agates, and around it was a network of enameled gold. The Story of Glass Thus, for instance, a large piece of rock crystal, placed in the hand of a nervous patient, affects the fingers so as to make them grasp the crystal involuntarily, and shut the fist. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II There were numerous lovely little pink shells; and in the crevices above, some beautiful rock crystals, pink or white. Pirate Gold It takes five hundredweight of Rose petals to produce one drachm by weight of the finest Attar, which is preserved in small bottles made of rock crystal. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure In the hollow body of the bronze idol there lay disclosed to view a small casket of rock crystal, round and polished, and provided with a cap of gold. Tales of Destiny The hardest material used in the objects already found is rock crystal, of which several small flasks and bowls and a little lion are composed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 The figure of a huntsman, bears upon its head a rock crystal box with a lid. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance All this is made gay by pictures, and vast jars of japan china, and large lustres of rock crystal. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe It consists of an enamelled figure enshrined in a golden frame, with a golden back to it, and with a thick piece of rock crystal in front to serve as a glass to the picture. Anglo-Saxon Literature The little island of Pisang, near the foot of Mount Pugong, was supposed to be chiefly a bed of rock crystal, but upon examination of specimens taken from thence they proved to be calcareous spar. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Flints dissolved, as they sometimes are in nature, and permitted to crystallize, yield the prisms and pyramids of rock crystal. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The head is set upon a platter of gilded and jewelled silver, covered with a disc of rock crystal. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance In Arkansas, especially in Garland and Montgomery Counties, rock crystals are found lining cavities of variable size, and in one instance thirty tons of crystals were found in a single cavity. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 The first cube used was of rock crystal; it was 0.7 of an inch in the side. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 The case contained six pieces,—two cameos, and four engraved gems—amethyst, cornelian, sardonyx, and rock crystal; which Melrose recognized at once as among the most precious things of this kind in the world! The Mating of Lydia But here are some pretty English agates; and a huge mass of Irish rock crystal, which is very bright and clear. The World's Fair Another item is, "A fine rock crystal set in gold, enriched with three rubies, three emeralds, and a large sapphire, set transparently, the whole suspended from a small gold chain." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Flint glass is better, and rock crystal is better than flint glass. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 But with a second cube of rock crystal corresponding results were not obtained. Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 The cup itself, of deeply carved rock crystal, was set in chiselled silver, and if not the work of Cellini himself, must have been made by one of his pupils. Saracinesca The same earth produces diamonds, rock crystal, and vermilion. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Two other rock crystal cruets are superbly carved, probably by Oriental workmen, however, as they are not Byzantine in their decorations. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Instead of being plane polarized, the light in rock crystal is circularly polarized. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The islanders cultivate rice, coco-nuts, and sugar-cane; in the rivers is found rock crystal, remarkable both for brilliancy and size, and the sea on every side has a fishery of magnificent and priceless pearls. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 These fragile beings, that appear to belong to an enchanted fauna, white as rock crystal with soft borders of rose color or violet, sting like nettles and defend themselves by their fiery touch. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel The body is in a shrine of rock crystal, on, or rather behind the altar; it is stretched at full length, drest in pontifical robes, with the crosier and mitre. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 The ruby, the emerald, the topaz, the amethyst, chalcedony, carnelian, jasper, agate, and garnet, and all the beautiful varieties of rock crystal, are mostly or entirely silex. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Salt laid on her hand caused a flow of saliva: rock crystal laid on the pit of her stomach produced rigidity of the whole body. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 The green dwarf regarded us whimsically, sipping from his great flagon of rock crystal. The Moon Pool Parts were of nickel, parts of ivory, parts had certainly been filed or sawn out of rock crystal. The Time Machine Besides diamonds and precious stones, rock crystal, and various kinds of imitations, and paste jewellery are here worked up; also jasper, agate, malachite, cornelian, lapis-lazuli, jet, &c. Holidays in Eastern France There is still a third kind of pyramid with blunted edges; these resemble crystallised flint or rock crystal. Historical Miniatures Nevertheless Louis IX. received as a present from the Vieux de la Montagne, chief of the Ismalians, a chessboard made of gold and rock crystal, the pieces being of precious metals beautifully worked. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Kind, hot-headed natures which know how to suffer, but not how to lie, through which one can clearly read,—not fragile and empty like glass, but solid and transparent like rock crystal. International Short Stories: French If we touch our tongue to a piece of rock crystal, there is a sensation of contact or cold, but no sense of taste. A Practical Physiology After all, a house may be cool and comfortable, even if the front door is painted in flame-colour and has a knocker of rock crystal set in gold. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography When I had finished, I loaded it with some chests of rubies, emeralds, ambergris, rock crystal and bales of rich stuffs. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 This water- work was a very agreeable sight; four large gilded dragons adorned the angles of the bason, which was of a square form; and these dragons spouted out water clearer than rock crystal. The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 It is a miniature eel, which looks as if it had been drawn out of rock crystal or perfectly clear glass. Confessions of a Beachcomber Then from the jar he took a box of rock crystal containing a sort of greenish compound which he kneaded into a little gum—gum tragacanth, I afterward learned,— and bade us taste. The Poisoned Pen Other stones you might find are the quartz gems: rose quartz, amethyst, rock crystal, agate, jasper, bloodstone. Let's Collect Rocks and Shells Platinum, alumina, and rock crystal, it is true, cannot be liquified by the most intense heat of our furnaces, but they melt like wax before the flame of the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe. Familiar Letters on Chemistry When I had finished it, I loaded it with some bales of rubies, emeralds, ambergris, rock crystal, and rich stuffs. The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 The water is as transparent as rock crystal, but like that mineral slightly distorts the object unless the view is absolutely vertical. Confessions of a Beachcomber Two ships were sent home in the autumn with news of the expedition, their leader being especially charged to find out whether the rock crystals carried back by Cartier had turned out to be diamonds. The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier I am rather inclined to believe that we have penetrated into a cave of rock crystal!' Swiss Family Robinson It stood upon a thick circular pedestal of what appeared to be cloudy rock crystal supported by hundreds of thick rods of the same material. The Metal Monster She hastened to the large drawing-room, in order to see the effect of the numerous wax-lights in the superb chandeliers of rock crystal. Old Fritz and the New Era Ice confined beneath the earth for a thousand years is transformed into rock crystals. Notre-Dame De Paris We know now that his diamonds, still to be seen about Cap Rouge, are rock crystals. The Mariner of St. Malo : A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier A great many large pieces of amethyst, and some of white topaz and rock crystal; a large number of smaller stones, carbuncles, chrysolites, and not a few emeralds. A Simpleton Then from the jar he took a box of rock crystal containing a sort of greenish compound which he kneaded into a little gum - gum tragacanth, I afterward learned, - and bade us taste. The Poisoned Pen There were also some very curious glass tubes, and a small pointed rod of iron, with a large lump of rock crystal, and another of amber,—also a loadstone of great power. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English The knowledge of lenses seems to be very ancient, if we may judge from the convex lens of rock crystal found by Layard in his excavations at Nimrud. A History of Science — Volume 2 |
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