Ruby & Sapphire Bibliography
Explore books, articles and historical sources on ruby, sapphire and corundum in Four Treasures, the Lotus Gemology reference database. This bibliography brings together matching records from the collection, with publication details, abstracts and cover images where available.
Ruby & Sapphire References
The list below matches the terms ruby, rubies, sapphire or corundum in the database's searchable fields. Some references discuss these gems as part of a broader subject. Linked titles take you to external links where you may find the full reference.
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[Yogo Gulch sapphires]
Yogo Gulch sapphires
Newspaper Article
Lewistown Democrat News (1931) [Yogo Gulch sapphires]. Lewistown Democrat News, Dec. 21, Lewistown, MT
Record No. 1183 | not seen
The mineral production of India during 1930
Journal Article
Fermor, L.L. (1931) The mineral production of India during 1930. Records, Geological Survey of India, Vol. 65, Pt. 3, pp. 315–343.
Record No. 749 | not seen
Rubies and Sapphires
Book
Aitkens, I. (1931) Rubies and Sapphires., US Bureau of Mines, Information Circular I.C. 6471 , 11 pp.
Record No. 219 | not seen
New Yorker pays $700,000 for Lucky Baldwin jewels
Newspaper Article
New York World (1930) New Yorker pays $700,000 for Lucky Baldwin jewels. The New York World, 6-Dec, New York
Record No. 1357 | not seen
Lucky Baldwin Ruby sold to New Yorker
Newspaper Article
New York Times (1930) Lucky Baldwin Ruby sold to New Yorker. New York Times, 7-Dec, New York
Record No. 1356 | not seen
Precious stones of Ceylon
Journal Article
Siedle, L.J. (1929) Precious stones of Ceylon. Outdoor Life (Colombo), June, pp. 36–44, + plates.
Record No. 1593 | not seen
Book of Precious Stones
Jawāhir-nāmah [جواهرنامه
Journal Article
Shafīʿ, M. (1928) Book of Precious Stones. [Jawāhir-nāmah [جواهرنامه] Oriental College Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, August, pp. 112–132.
Record No. 29522 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in Persian | not seen
Edition of the Kapurthala Jawāhir-nāmah, based on a manuscript dated 1160 AH/1747. It treats diamond, yāqūt, ruby, emerald, pearl, turquoise, bezoar, amber, lapis lazuli, coral, carnelian, and jasper in that order and adds musk and rock crystal at the end. The entries describe such matters as the mines, properties, and values of the stones.
Afghanistan
Book Section
Trinkler, E. (1928) Afghanistan. In: Petermann’s Mitteilungen, Gotha: Justus Perthes, No. 196
Record No. 1740 | not seen
Gems of Ceylon
Book
Silva, D., De (1927) Gems of Ceylon. Ambalangoda, Ceylon, Gemming Syndicate, 28 pp.
Record No. 1596 | not seen
Los Minerales de Colombia
The Minerals of Colombia
Book
Lleras Codazzi, R. (1927) Los Minerales de Colombia. [The Minerals of Colombia] Bogotá, Colombia, Imprenta Nacional, Biblioteca del Museo Nacional, 150 pp.
Record No. 591 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | Language: in Spanish | not seen
Lleras Codazzi provides an early systematic account of the minerals known from Colombia, combining mineralogical descriptions with information on their Colombian occurrences and localities. Produced as part of the Biblioteca del Museo Nacional, a series intended to document the museum’s collections scientifically while making them accessible to a wider readership, the work forms one of the foundational publications of modern Colombian mineralogy. It covers both common and economically significant mineral species and records occurrences of particular interest to mining and economic geology; later geological literature, for example, cites its discussion of pitchblende and other uranium minerals from Norte de Santander. For gemological research the book is particularly relevant because Lleras Codazzi had already studied the mineralogy of Muzo and its emerald deposits in his 1925 Catálogo descriptivo de los minerales de Muzo, and Los minerales de Colombia places such Colombian mineral occurrences within a broader national mineralogical survey.
The Minerals of Idaho
Book
Shannon, E.V. (1926) The Minerals of Idaho. Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 131 , 475 pp.
Record No. 1583 | not seen
The Origin of Corundum Associated with Dunite in Western North Carolina
Thesis
Cobb, M.C. (1924) The Origin of Corundum Associated with Dunite in Western North Carolina. Bryn Mawr College, 43 pp.
Record No. 16677 | Sinkankas/Born No.: 1391 (not seen) | not seen
Über die Farbänderung von Korund und Spinell mit der Temperatur
On the color change of corundum and spinel with temperature
Journal Article
Weigel, O. (1923) Über die Farbänderung von Korund und Spinell mit der Temperatur. [On the color change of corundum and spinel with temperature] Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage-Band 48, No. 1–2, pp. 274–309.
Record No. 1836 | Language: in German | not seen
The precious stones of India, Burma and Ceylon
Journal Article
Mitter, A. (1923) The precious stones of India, Burma and Ceylon. Calcutta Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, April, pp. 36–55.
Record No. 1287 | not seen
The Mines of Indo-China
Journal Article
Far Eastern Review (1923) The Mines of Indo-China. Far Eastern Review, October, pp. .
Record No. 735 | not seen
Brief description of the ruby and sapphire mines at Pailin, Cambodia.
[Ceylon sapphires]
Ceylon sapphires
Newspaper Article
Ceylon Observer (1923) [Ceylon sapphires]. Ceylon Observer, 3-Jul, Colombo
Record No. 492 | not seen
Man-made precious stones
Journal Article
Lewis, C.M. (1921) Man-made precious stones. Scientific American, Vol. 125, No. 3, July 16, pp. 48–49, 56.
Record No. 4176 | not seen
Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies
Book
Rapp, F.J.v. (1914) Sapphires, Emeralds, Rubies. Philadelphia, Frederic J. von Rapp, 55 pp.
Record No. 1460 | not seen
Singhalese gems
Journal Article
Claremont, L. (1914) Singhalese gems. The Jeweler and the Metalworker, p. 395.
Record No. 574 | not seen
A treasure house of gems
Journal Article
Gratacap, L.P. (1913) A treasure house of gems. American Museum Journal, Vol. 8, p. 169.
Record No. 840 | not seen
Exploring the Literature of Corundum
Ruby and sapphire research spans mineralogy, gem deposits, identification, treatments, synthesis and the history of the gem trade. Older publications can also be useful for tracing terminology, early observations and accounts of mining localities. Publication dates and the original source should be considered when using historical descriptions.
For an introduction to collecting books on this subject, read Ruby & Sapphire Books: Collecting the Literature of Corundum.
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