See also:

• HYACINTH (Gr. ualavOor)
• HYACINTH, or JACINTH

HYACINTH, or JACINTH  , in See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy, a variety of See also:

• ZIRCON

zircon (q.v.) of yellowish red See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, used as a See also:

• GEM (Lat. gemma, a bud,—from the root gen, meaning " to produce,"—or precious stone; in the latter sense the Greek term is > d>os)
• GEM, ARTIFICIAL

gem-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 . The See also:

• HYACINTHUS

hyacinthus of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient writers must have been our See also:

• SAPPHIRE

sapphire, or See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

• CORUNDUM

corundum, while the See also:

• HYACINTH (Gr. ualavOor)
• HYACINTH, or JACINTH

hyacinth of See also:

• MODERN

modern mineralogists may have been the stone known as lyncurium (AuyKOU;iiov) . The See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew word leshem, translated ligure in the Authorized Version (Ex. See also:

• XXVIII

xxviii . 19), from the X yuprov of the See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint, appears in the Revised Version as jacinth, but with a marginal alternative of See also:

• AMBER

amber . Both jacinth and amber may be reddish yellow, but their See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification is doubtful . As our jacinth (zircon) is not known in ancient See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor See also:

• FLINDERS, MATTHEW (1774-1814)

Flinders See also:

• PETRIE, GEORGE (179o-1866)
• PETRIE, WILLIAM MATTHEW FLINDERS (1853– )

Petrie has suggested that the leshem may have been a yellow See also:

• QUARTZ

quartz, or perhaps See also:

• AGATE

agate . Some old See also:

• ENGLISH

English writers describe the jacinth as yellow, whilst others refer to it as a blue stone, and the hyacinthus of some authorities seems undoubtedly to have been our sapphire . In Rev. xx . 20 the Revised Version retains the word jacinth, but gives sapphire as an alternative . Most of the gems known in See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade as hyacinth are only garnets—generally the deep See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange-See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown hessonite or See also:

• CINNAMON

cinnamon-stoneand many of the See also:

• ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique engraved stones reputed to be hyacinth are probably garnets . The difference may be detected optically, since the See also:

• GARNET
• GARNET, or GARNETT, HENRY (1555—1606)

garnet is singly and the hyacinth doubly refracting; moreover the specific gravity affords a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple means of diagnosis, that of garnet being only about 3.7, whilst hyacinth may have a See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density as high as 4.7 . Again, it was shown many years ago. by See also:

• SIR

Sir A .

H . See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church that most hyacinths, when examined by the spectroscope, show a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of dark absorption bands, due perhaps to the presence of some rare See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element such as See also:

• URANIUM [symbol U, atomic weight 238.5 (0=16)]

uranium or See also:

• ERBIUM (symbol, Er; atomic weight, 165-166)

erbium . Hyacinth is not a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• MINERAL

mineral . It occurs, with other zircons, in the gem-gravels of See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, and very See also:

• FINE

fine stones have been found as pebbles at Mudgee in New See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales . Crystals of zircon, with all the typical characters of hyacinth, occur at Expailly, Le See also:

• PUY

Puy-en-Velay, in Central See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, but they are not large enough for cutting . The stones which have been called Compostella hyacinths are simply ferruginous quartz from See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago de Compostella in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . (F . W .