How To Use asteriated In A Sentence
- It is also known as "the star sapphire" and "the asteriated sapphire. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning
- There are certain stones and other minerals which, owing to their possession of numerous microscopically fine cavities, of a globular or tubular shape, have the appearance of "rays" or "stars," and these are called "asteriated. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones
- Some stones have curious rays of variegated colour, due to their crystalline formation, taking the shape of a star; these are called "asteriated," or "cat's eye" sapphires. The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones
- n. - gem cut so as to show asterism. asteriated adj. - having star-like rays. Xml's Blinklist.com
