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- Georg_Friedrich_Strass comment "Georg Friedrich Strass (French: Georges Frédéric Strass; 29 May 1701, Wolfisheim near Strasbourg - 22 December 1773) was an Alsatian jeweler and inventor of imitation gemstones. He is best known as the inventor of the rhinestone, called strass in many European languages, from a particular type of crystal he found in the river Rhine.He used mixtures of bismuth and thallium to improve the refractive quality of his imitations, and altered their colors with metal salts.".
- Q342277 comment "Georg Friedrich Strass (French: Georges Frédéric Strass; 29 May 1701, Wolfisheim near Strasbourg - 22 December 1773) was an Alsatian jeweler and inventor of imitation gemstones. He is best known as the inventor of the rhinestone, called strass in many European languages, from a particular type of crystal he found in the river Rhine.He used mixtures of bismuth and thallium to improve the refractive quality of his imitations, and altered their colors with metal salts.".