How To Use rock crystal In A Sentence
- B.C.,) the Dynasty in which lived the Amen-em-hats and the Usertsens, the great early art period of the Egyptian empire, [26] the Egyptians engraved on amethyst, jasper and rock crystal, and at that early period did some of the most beautiful work remaining to us of their glyptography. Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc.
- But old habits die hard and having knocked a few chips off the rock crystal he began opening and closing the brooch a thousand times. Times, Sunday Times
- Besides stuffs and mats, the furniture comprised chairs, beds, stools, an enormous number of vases, some in coarse pottery for common use, others in choice stone such as diorite, granite, or rock crystal very finely worked, on the fragments of all of which may be read cut in outline the names and preamble of the Pharaoh to whom the object belonged. History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)
- They have many sacred implements or relics, which are for the most part carefully kept concealed from the eyes of all, but especially from the women, such as, pieces of rock crystal, said to have been extracted by them from individuals who were suffering under the withering influence of some hostile sorcerers; the pringurru, a sacred piece of bone (used sometimes for bleeding), etc. The latter, if burned to ashes in the fire, possesses mortiferous influence over enemies. An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre
- Its more massive form, rock crystal, has a kind of vivid transparency that makes most glass look insipid. THE EARTH: An Intimate History
- He used rock crystal , topaz, citrine and aquamarine and various materials for the base and embellishments.
- Fanciful miniature fruits and leaves interpreted in carnelian, agate, onyx and rock crystal are skillfully fashioned into opulent bracelets and chains.
- The example in Plate VIII is activated by pressing the cabochon garnet surmounting the rock crystal dome, under which a nephrite frog climbs a silver-gilt ladder.
- Slowest-forming and most beautiful of all, huge crystals of amethyst, agate, chalcedony and rock crystal grow where condensed water has managed to seep into naturally insulated rock crevices.
- My necklaces are made mainly of semiprecious stones, such as agate, quartz, amber, rock crystal and jade.