ASTERIA  , or See also:

• STAR

STAR-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

STONE (from Gr. do-rip, star), a name applied to such ornamental stones as exhibit when cut en cabochon a luminous star . The typical asteria is the star-See also:

• SAPPHIRE

sapphire, generally a bluish-See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• CORUNDUM

corundum, milky or opalescent, with a star of six rays . (See SAPPHIRE.) In red corundum the stellate reflexion is less See also:

• COMMON

common, and hence the star-See also:

• RUBY (Lat. rubeus, red)

ruby occasionally found with the star-sapphire in See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon is among the most valued of " See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy stones." When the See also:

• RADIATION, THEORY OF

radiation is shown by yellow corundum, the stone is called star-See also:

• TOPAZ

topaz . ;Cymophane, or chatoyant See also:

• CHRYSOBERYL

chrysoberyl, may also be asteriatedi In all these cases the asterism is due to the reflexion of See also:

• LIGHT

light from twin-lamellae or from See also:

• FINE

fine tubular cavities or thin enclosures definitely arranged in the stone . The astrion of See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny is believed to have been our See also:

• MOONSTONE

moonstone, since it is described as a colourless stone from See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India having within it the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of a star shining with the light of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon . All star-stones were formerly regarded with much superstition .