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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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xist in the world. Its color is apeculiar milky crimson which can best bedescribed as orchid red. The curiousand beautiful six-rayed star which glowswithin the gem results from a myriad ofminute hollow tubes which are distrib-uted throughout the crystal with greatregularity, parallel to its six sides. Whencut en cabochon, so that the roundeddome arches over this hexagonal pattern 30) THE EDITH HAG-GIN DE LONG STARRUBY. This unusual-ly beautiful star rubyis reputed to he thelargest and finest gemof its kind in theworld. It weighs toocarats and was discov-ered in one of themhv mines of Burma.lis color is a peculiarorchid-red. A remark-able six-rayed starglows within the gem,formed from a myriadof minute hollow tubeswhich are distributedthroughout the crystalwith great regularity,parallel to its si\ sides.The stone has been cutin a rounded dome, theshape which best re-flects the light from theinterior. It was pre-sented to the Museumby Mrs. George Bowenl)e Long, in whosehonor it is named
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of cavities, stones of this kind reflect thelight from the interior as a six-rayed starand consequently they are termed starrubies and star sapphires. This gem,weighing 100 carats, was discovered inone of the ruby mines of Burma and waspresented to the Museum by Mrs. GeorgeBowen de Long, in whose honor it isnamed. It is unique among star rubiesand the largest of such rubies only re-moiely approach it in quality. Geology and Minerals of New YorkState. Two cases illustrating these fea-tures are exhibited on the first floor ofthe Roosevelt Memorial (Index Plan, p.i(i. Floor I, Hall 12). One case shows theprincipal minerals characteristic of theState and the localities where they maybe found. The other demonstrates theextent of the sedimentary, igneous, andmetamorphic areas within the borders ofthe State. (3

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