CRYSTAL AND GEM

By: Courtney Harris and Dayzia Trower

6th period
3/8/11
1822- THE PROPERTY OF HARDNESS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE STRENGTH OF
THE FORCES HOLDING ATOMS TOGETHER IN A SOLID. A SCALE OF HARDNESS ON
WHICH ALL MINERALS CAN BE PLACED WAS DEVISED BY F. MOHS IN THIS YEAR.
1860- INGOT OF
REFINE CORNISH
TIN, PRODUCE IN
THIS YEAR
1900- THE FLAME-
FUSION TECHNIQUE WAS
PERFECTED BY FRENCH
MINERAL EXPERT A.
VERNEUIL IN THIS YEAR
1905- THE CULLINAN CRYSTAL WAS FOUND IN THE PREMIER
DIAMOND MINE IN THE TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA IN THIS
YEAR.
1925- SOME VERY RICH
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS
WERE DISCOVERED AT
LICHTENBURG, SOUTH
AFRICA IN THIS YEAR.
1936- THE CRYSTAL PALACE WAS BUILT
FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF LONDON
OF 1851, BUT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
THIS YEAR
1952- SINHALITE WAS
ORIGINALLY TRADED
AS PERIDOT FROM SRI
LANKA IN THIS YEAR.
1979- CAVITIES CONTAINING FINE GEM-QUALITY CRYSTALS
ARE KNOWN AS GEM POCKETS. THIS GEM POCKET AT MT.
MICA, MAINE, WAS DISCOVERED IN THIS YEAR.
1981- THIS MAPLE LEAF DESIGN IS ONE OF 13
MADE TO COMMEMORATE THE 13TH CONGRESS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, HELD IN CANADA IN THIS
YEAR.