Excerpt from Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 1844, Vol. 23 Another gem has been received by the dealers within a short time, the character of which, so far as I can learn, has not been understood either here or abroad. Several years ago I bought from a leading house in Boston two beautiful light yellow stones said to be Chrysolites, and had them set as pendants. Their shade of color was quite like that of the yellow Diamonds now so frequently seen, and indeed they were when worn mistaken for them by the inexperienced. A few months since similar stones were bought in London, the dealer acknowledging his ignorance of their character. One of these came into my hands and finding it to have the specific gravity of Spodumene, about I was led to weigh those also which I had bought and had set as Chrys elites. As suspected, their specific gravity indicated that they were of the same composition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.