Antieke juwelen glossarium
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Vitreous lustre

The type of glassy shown by most transparent stones, e.g. ruby, sapphire, peridot, and glass, etc., where the refractive index is about 1,3 to 1,8.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson