How To Use Asteriated In A Sentence
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It is also known as "the star sapphire" and "the asteriated sapphire.
Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning
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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
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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
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n. - gem cut so as to show asterism. asteriated adj. - having star-like rays.
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