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[T]he hyacinth is like the tints of dawn passing from saffron to o
[T]he hyacinth is like the tints of dawn passing from saffron to orange. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald – all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil. – Pliny, about the opal

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How much art and science, and what attention, what care is necessary to render the sun-beams which are imprisoned in a tiny polyhedron of pure carbon, brilliant and sparkling! – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. – Honore de Balzac

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The opal resembles a fraction of the rainbow softened by a milky cloud. – Charles Blanc, Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

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