National Geographic Glow in the Dark Crystal Growing Kit

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You don’t have to paint the entire surface because the light will travel outward to illuminate the crystal. Ball notes that the legendary "topaz" of Topazios island is olivine, which is not luminescent while true topaz is, and suggests, "This tale may well have been told to travelers by astute Egyptian gem merchants anxious to enhance the value of their wares by exaggerating the dangers inherent to procuring the olivines. The first theme is using legendary luminous gems to illuminate buildings, for navigation lights on ships, or sometimes as guiding lights for lost persons (Ball 1938: 498–500).

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In India, the earliest country in which fine gemstones were known, belief in luminous gems dates back some twenty-five centuries. It is named after the rock is formed from the metamorphism of hemimorphite and smith stone deposits. BCE) summoned Zheng Tong (鄭同) for an audience and asked how to avoid warfare with neighboring feudal states.The German sinologist August Conrady suggested that the Chinese names mingyuezhizhu and yeguangzhu may have an Indian origin, with analogs in the chandra-kânta ("moon-beloved") gem that contains condensed moonlight and the harinmaṇi ("moon-jewel") name for emerald (1931: 168–169).

National Geographic Science Glow-in-the-Dark Crystal Lab

CE Buddhacarita, the city of Kapila is said to have gems so bright "that darkness like poverty could find no place.

When Prince Chao of Yen was once seated on a terrace, black birds with white heads flocked there together, holding in their beaks perfectly resplendent pearls, measuring one foot all round. The king rubs his face with it daily, and though he were passed ninety he would retain his youthful looks.