INDEX.

Abbas Murza, [214].
Abbé Haüy, views of, [75], [91], [253], [371].
Abbey of St. Dennis, gems of, [236], [320].
Acber, banquet of, [209].
Achille de Sancy, [172].
Adamas, [15], [89].
Adamantine flash, [91].
spar, [393].
Adolphus, marriage of, [123].
Advice of Rabelais, [title page].
Agrah diamond, [213].
Ahmed’s ring, [116].
Alaric and his Goths, [121], [122].
Alexander, Emperor, [177].
fêtes of, [115],
helmet, [229].
marriage of, [287],
ring, [289].
Palace, collections of, [146].
Alfred de Vigny, poem on the diamond, [12].
Alla-ud-deen, [209].
Amsterdam diamond cutters, [242].
Ancient gem localities, [48].
gems and regalia, [106].
glass, [323], [325], [351], [352].
monster emeralds, [325].
Anna Ivanovna, Empress, [136].
Anne Boleyn, jewel of, [192].
Antitheses of carbon, [16].
Aqua marines, [318]-[320].
Arabian romance writers’ fancies on gems, [363].
Asiatic gems, [201].
Assyrians and gems, [369].
Asteria sapphires, [414], [415].
quartz, [416].
Augustus the Strong, gems of, [225].
Aurelian, triumph of, [119].
Austrian gems, etc., [226], [227].

Baba, trial of, [161].
Babinet, views of, [99], [185], [223], [263].
Bahia, mines of, [39], [44], [45].
Baillou’s views on gems, [371].
Baker, Sir Samuel, views, [381], [382].
Barbarossa, Emperor, [226].
Barberini vase, [326].
Barbot, views of, [108], [181], [256], [257], [269], [306].
Bariatinsky, jewels of, [155].
Baron d’ Eschwège, [39].
Batavian display of diamonds, [281].
Begagem mines, [223].
Beke, Dr., account of large diamonds, [214].
Belisarius, triumph of, [125].
Bernier’s estimate of Persian gems, [213].
Berquen, lapidary, [167], [238], [241], [272].
Beryl, [145], [311], [320], [332].
name derived from, [317].
of English Crown, [318].
Beudant, Prof., views of, [99], [398].
Bheen, temple of, [209].
Biot, views of, [72].
Blue beryls of Ireland, [316].
diamond of France, [163].
of Mr. Hope, [189].
of Munich, [226].
Boetius de Boot, views of, [105].
Bohmer, French jeweller, [179].
Bordeaux, architect of Peacock Throne, etc., [219].
Borghis, Hortensio, lapidary, [202], [203].
Brewster, Sir David, views of, [65], [184], [259], [263].
Bronze horses of Venice, [127].
Brunswick, Duke, gems of, [232].
Buchanan, views of, [32], [34], [74].
Buffon’s views, [59], [380].
Burial of Cardinal Borromeo, [290].
Lord Palmerston, [290].
Burning-of-Troy opal, [353].
Byzantium, [129], [130], [139].

Cæsar, ring of, [289].
Cagliostro, [175].
Canopies of the Persians, [26].
Cape de Verde, conglomerate, [61].
Capture of Ctesiphon, [24].
Caravans of the ancients, [26].
Carbon, combinations of, [18].
Carbonado, [45], [89], [104].
Cardinal Borromeo, [233].
Cardinal Mazarin, [242].
Carpet taken at Ctesiphon, [24].
Cascalho, [60].
Cassia oil, refractive power of, [257].
Castellani, collection of, [288], [289], [352].
Catherine, Empress, [153], [155].
Cedrenus, the historian, [128].
Cellini’s value of emerald, [331].
ruby, [427].
Ceraunia, [363].
Cerulean throne of the Nizam, [211].
Ceylon mines, [26], [56], [64], [372].
Chalice of Abbé Suger, [161].
Charlemagne, jewels of, [226], [239].
Charles I., gems of, [194].
Charles VIII. of France, [177].
Charles the Bold, [167], [242].
bogus ruby, [426].
Chladni, [71].
Chosroes, palace of, [126].
Chrysoberyl, [95].
Chrysostom, the historian, [129], [241].
Church regalia, [232]-[234].
Churches of England, ornaments of, [208].
Cingalese gem miners, [374]-[378].
Clay as an original deposit, [384].
Claudian’s description of treasures of Theodosius, [114].
Claussen’s views on the diamond, [42], [43].
Cleaveland’s views, [315].
Colesberg Kopje mines, [52].
Coliseum decorated with gems, [119].
Collection of armor, [142].
Collections of the Arabs, [116].
Mamelukes, [117].
Color of fossils, etc., [82].
gems, [82], [99]-[104].
Comnenus, Emperor, [137].
Conglomerate strata, [60].
Connecticut beryls, [314].
Constantine, [128].
Constantinople, conquest of, [113], [126], [127], [130].
Constituents of perfumes, [19], [205].
Coocha diamond, [205].
Cortez, emeralds of, [294].
Cortez’s presents to Charles V., [296].
Corundum, [368], [378], [388].
Cossacks, [132].
Coster, the lapidary, [184], [223].
Count de Douhet, [45].
Crawford’s estimate of Borneo diamond, [218].
Crown of Anna Ivanovna, frontispiece.
Austria, [227].
Chosroes, [22].
Goths of Spain, [321].
Kazan, [139].
Khan of Tartary, [22].
Lombardy, [321].
Muscovites, [136].
Portugal, [222].
Russia, [143].
Saxony, [226].
St. Stephen, [232], [300].
Victoria, [179].
Vladimir, [137].
Cumberland diamond, [232].
Cuneiform crystals, [369], [370], [378].
Cup of Chosroes, [23].
Theolinda, [326].
Cutting of the diamond, [238].
Kohinoor, [247].
Mogul, [247].
Regent, [247].
Star of the South, [247].
Cystine calculi, change in color, [308], [309].

Daubenton’s ideas of the gems, [371].
Davy, Dr., [394].
De Drèe’s Cabinet, [101].
De Laet, [240].
Delattre, report on the French gems, [158].
Delisle, [172].
Demidoff, Prince, [173].
Despret’s experiments, [265].
Development of insect life, [84].
vegetation, [84].
Devonshire gems, [288].
Diamond, antiquity of, as a gem, [21], [114].
appearance of, in nature, [86].
asteriated, [103].
black, [45], [87], [89], [104].
blue, [103], [163], [164], [222].
bort, [87].
Cascalho, or conglomerate, [60].
celebrated Agrah, [213].
blue, of France, [163].
Daria-i-noor, [205], [213].
De Drèe, [102].
Holland, [232].
Hope, [103], [164].
Kohinoor, [151], [180], [206]-[208], [214], [263].
Mogul, [181], [202], [205].
Mountain of Splendor, [214].
Munich, [103].
Napoleon, [163].
Nassac, [187].
Orloff, [149], [187], [206].
Paul Pindar, [195].
Pigott, [187].
Polar Star, [154].
Prince Riccia, [102].
red, of Russia, [107].
Regent, [161], [164], [165], [187], [206], [223], [263].
Sancy, [166].
Sea of Glory, [214].
Shah, [150], [205].
Stewart, [55].
Sultan of Mattan, [36].
Sultan’s, [112].
Taj-Mah, [213].
yellow, of Austria, [227].
Chancourtois, views, [69].
cleavage of, [91], [245].
color of, [97], [99], [100]-[104], [228].
rough diamonds, [257], [258].
comparative brilliancy of, [93], [95].
density of, [94].
Cumberland, Duke of, [191].
cut diamond, [241].
deposition of, [20], [65].
diminutive size of, [26], [27].
dispersive power of, [96].
Du Toits Pan placer, [53].
electric properties of, [88];
hardness, [88], [90], [25].
formation of, [59].
forms of brilliant style, [244], [251].
brilliolette style, [252].
rose style, [244], [251].
table style, [250].
globular forms, [87], [95], [245].
green, [102], [135].
imitations of, [265], [267].
worn by Duchesse de Berri, [268].
influence of, [83].
injured by fire, [256].
in time of Emperor Severus, [22].
Pliny, [15], [22], [26].
localities of Africa, [53].
Algiers, [52].
America, [49], [50].
Arabia, [51].
Australia, [56].
Borneo, [35].
Brazil, [37].
Golconda, [31].
India, [30].
Ireland, [47].
Java, [56].
Russia, [47], [48].
necklace of Rohan, [174].
old English style, [243].
origin of, Arago’s views, [69].
Buffon’s views, [59].
Davy’s views, [69].
Goppert’s views, [65].
Hartt’s views, [44].
Humboldt’s views, [43].
Lavoisier’s views, [68].
Newton’s views, [67].
pans, [62].
phosphorescence of, [88].
physical properties, [85].
pink, [159], [228].
placers, [58].
prismatic display, [91], [96], [244].
purity of, [262].
quantity of, in use, [279], [280].
red, [107], [222].
refraction of, [92], [97].
rough, value of, [274].
specific gravity of, [87].
spiritual properties, [104].
swindle of Arizona, [51].
testing of, [253], [258]-[264].
value of, [269]-[282].
yellow, [159], [227].
Diminutive size of precious stones, [392].
Dogni collection, [104].
Dolomieu, views, [70].
Don Antonio, [171].
Duke of Anjou, diamonds of, [240].
Brunswick, diamonds of, [232].
Buckingham, jewels of, [194], [198].
Burgundy, fête of, [241].
Duten’s views of the emerald, [151], [285].

Earl of Effingham, [151].
Eastwick’s account of Persian Treasury, [214].
Eleanor of Provence, jewels of, [191].
Electric properties of diamond, [88].
Elf-bolts, [362].
Elphinstone, British Envoy, [212].
Emerald Isle, [301].
Emeralds, [145]-[283].
abundance of, in Peru, [291].
ancient, [285]-[291].
at Dresden, [301].
at Florence, [300].
Kandy, [302].
Leiden, [301].
Madrid, [302].
Munich, [301].
Rome, [301].
Vienna, [301].
carved by the Mexicans, [294].
color and composition of, [304], [305], [307], [308], [315].
derivation of name, [290].
engraved by Carlo Costanzi, [302].
found by Maj. Pearse, [304].
given to Hortense, [299].
Napoleon, [299].
imitations of, [321]-[327].
in times of Queen Elizabeth, [297].
localities of Africa, [331].
Finland, [327].
France, [327].
in ancient times, [330], [331].
Norway, [327].
United States, [309].
Siberia, [328].
South America, [306], [327].
Tyrol, [329].
mentioned by Heliodorus, [285].
Pliny, [285], [287].
of Dhuleep Singh, [301].
Duke of Devonshire, [301].
Charlemagne, [299].
Cortez, [294].
Emperor Jehangir, [302].
French crown, [300].
Mustapha of Tunis, [297].
Pedro II., [11], [145].
Prince of Virianagram, [302].
Princess of Bariatinsky, [304].
Queen of Navarre, [297].
Rudolph II. at Dresden, [298].
Runjeet Singh, [304].
Russia, [298].
Shrine of Loretto, [301].
Sultan of Turkey, [300].
pillage in Mexico and Peru, [296].
of Marshal Junot in Spain, [303].
of Marshal Lannes in Spain, [303].
price of, at various times, [331], [332].
rarity of, [291].
sent by Elizabeth to Henri IV., [299].
supply of, [329].
the Great Mother, [297].
Empress of Austria, gift to the Archduke, [229].
Enamels of the ancients, [215].
Englehardt, [47].
English clergy, magnificence of, [200].
Engraved gems, [14], [288], [289], [320], [351], [418], [424].
abundance of, [421].
Esterhazy, jewels of, [229]-[232].

Fairs of Armenia, [26].
gems, etc., in Ceylon, [385].
Russia, [386].
Ferishta, historian, [202], [211].
Fêtes of Alexander, [25].
Fitchburg beryls, [313].
Florentine diamond, [227].
Francis I., emerald of, [296].
Franka, Dr. Nello, [65].
Freaks of nature, [79].
French Regalia, [158].
display of, in 1855, [166].
inventory of, in 1791, [159].
in 1810, [162].
in 1849, [162].
stolen, [160].

Garcias, [33].
Gem engraving, [239], [240].
Fair’s of Ceylon, [385].
Fairs of Russia, [386].
mining in Ceylon, [374]-[378].
Gems as abodes of spirits, [364].
meaning of, [392],
of Palace of Tezcuco, [293].
Genseric, pillage by, [124].
Gifts to Charles V., [295].
Girasole sapphires, [414].
Glass gems, [267].
ancient, [267].
Globular forms of minerals, [385].
petrifactions, [73].
Glorious Masque, pageant of, [193].
Glyptic art, [417].
Godoy, [173].
Gold nuggets, deposition of, [75].
placers, [76].
of Danube, [78].
of Tesino, [78].
Gomara, chronicles of, [295], [296].
Goppert’s views of gems, [65].
Gothic and Grecian forms, [81].
treasury at Toledo, [123].
Gouttes d’eau, topaz, [95].
Grandson, battle of, [169].
Graphite, production of, [266].
Great Harry, jewel, [193].
Great Mogul diamond, [181], [186], [202]-[206].
Green diamond of Dresden, [225].
garnets, [327].
prase, [326].
sapphires, [413].
stones sought for by primitive man, [286].
Greenockite, [93].

Halpen gems, [100], [223].
Hamlin, Dr. Cyrus, [106].
Hardening of rocks on exposure, [307].
Harlai de Sancy, [170].
Hartt, Prof., [44].
Haüy, Abbé, [75], [91], [253], [371].
Helmreicher collection of diamonds, [104], [228].
Henrietta Maria, [172].
Henry VIII., [170], [192].
Heraclius, capture of Persian treasures, [126].
Hermitage, gems of, [144].
Hervey, Lord, [196].
Herz collection of gems, [190], [191].
Hidden, Win. E., naturalist, [309].
Hiddenite, [309]-[311].
High refractive power of fluids, [257].
Hindoo’s love of gems, [201], [386].
Hitee, the royal, of Ava, [403].
Holy synod of Moscow, ornaments, [147].
Honorius, rings of, [288].
Hope beryl, [319].
blue diamond, [103], [190].
collection, [101], [102], [190].
Horse gear of the Turks, [146].
Hughen’s views, [99].
Humboldt’s emerald, [328].
views, [43].
Hungarian opal mines, [349], [350], [354].
Hyacinthus, [368].

Ictinus, constructor of the Parthenon, [369].
Imitation gems, [265], [267], [321], [326], [351].
Indian arms, decoration of, [215].
Iolite, [425].
Iridescence of minerals, [341].
quartz, [347].
Iris, Marbodeus’s description of, [348].
ornaments of Empress Josephine, [348].
Itacolumite, [61].

James II., [172].
jewels of, [196].
Jansetsee Jejeebhoy, [173].
Jarlet, lapidary, [154].
Jewish Temple, spoils of, [125].
John VI., golden cane, [223].
Joseph I., diamonds of, [222].
Justinian, [125], [129].

Kaaba, sacred stone, [410].
Kaianian Belt, [215].
Crown, [214].
Karat, weight of, [264].
Kazan, Cathedral of, [147].
Crown of, [139].
King, views of, [167].
King of Ava, gems of, [217].
Kabul, [212].
Kohinoor diamond, [181], [206]-[208], [212], [214].
Korund, [368], [371].
Kremlin, [132], [135], [141].
Kyanite, [423].

Lahore, Treasury of, [208].
Lamartine, historian, [113].
Lapis lazuli, [368].
Lavoisier, views of, [67].
Le Conte’s description of Honduras Opal mines, [343], [346].
opals, [355].
Lecourbe, General, [157].
Lewy’s views on the emerald, [304]-[306].
L’Isle, Romè de, his views, [371].
Linnæus’s views, [370].
Lithoscope, [259].
Lollia Paulina, [22].
Louis VII., [199].
Low’s work on Borneo, [217].
Lucretius, poet, [73], [90].

Maine beryls, [313].
Maiolica pottery, colors of, [352].
Mandanga diamond mines, [38].
Mansur Ben, views of, [90].
Marbodeus’s poem on emeralds, [284].
sapphire, [366].
Marc Antony’s opal, [353].
Marco Polo, celebrated traveller, [380].
Maria Theresa, cross of, [228].
Mariana, account of emeralds, [295].
Martyr, account of emeralds, [295], [296].
Mary Queen of Scots, jewels of, [193].
Matura diamonds, [225].
Mawe’s visit to Lisbon, [221].
Mellan, or gem conglomerate, [374], [379].
Minas Geraes diamond mines, [41].
Mirror of Naples, diamond, [193].
Missorium, or emerald table, [123].
Mithridates, [130].
Montezuma’s mantle, [294].
Morse, H. D., diamond establishment, [247], [272].
Mosaics of precious stones, [398].
Murat, General, uniform of, [229].
Murchison’s views, [43].
Muzo, emerald mines of, [327].

Nadir Shah, [151], [152], [186], [187], [204], [206], [211].
Narbonne, pillage of, [123].
Nassac diamond, [187].
Navajos, turquoises of, [293].
Nero’s Lens, [288].
New Hampshire beryls, [314].
Newera Ellia sapphire mines, [373].
Newton’s views, [67], [81], [92], [99].
Nizam diamond, [217].
North Carolina sapphire mines, [388]-[390].

Oldham, visit to the Burmah ruby mines, [402].
Oliva, actress, [175].
Opal, [335].
ancient mines of, [341], [349].
Babinet’s views of, [339].
beauty of, [338].
black variety of, [349].
cause of its colored reflections, [339], [340].
commerce of, [367].
Count Waliski, [354].
Damour’s experiments with, [337].
dandritic, [338].
Delius’ account of Hungarian opals, [350].
Descloizeaux, views of, [347].
described by Jackson, [355].
division of, by Jameson, [338].
Werner, [338].
Dr. Le Conte’s, [355].
engraved, [351].
formation of, [346], [347].
Harlequin variety, [349].
Hydrophane variety, [337].
imitations of, [351].
mines of, [341].
Central America, [343].
Gracias a Dios, [343].
Honduras, [342].
Hungary, [341]-[349].
Queensland, [346].
Zimapan, [348].
Mohr’s views of, [339].
Newton’s views of, [339].
of Austria, [354].
Opal of D’Auguy, [354].
Empress Josephine, [353].
Fleury, [354].
France, [354].
Humboldt, [354].
Nonius, [352], [353].
U. S. Centennial Exhibition, [355].
on image of Mexican deity, [355].
physical properties of, [336], [337].
purchase of, [357], [360].
splendors of, [356].
superstitious fancies regarding, [361]-[364].
treatment of, when mined, [350].
value of, in rough state, [360].
Nonius’s gem, [361].
varieties of, [338].
Orb of Russia, [140].
Order of the Golden Fleece, [225], [226].
Origin of diamonds, [57].
gems, [335].
Orloff diamond, [149]-[152].
Ottoman display of gems, [117].

Passion for gems, etc., [280], [281].
Paulina, gems of, [288].
Peacock Throne, [210].
Peligot’s views on ancient glass, [352].
Persian emblems of authority, [287].
treasures, [214]-[216].
Peruzzi, inventor of the brilliant, [251].
Peysonnel, [72].
Phidias, [369].
Philip of Spain, [170], [196].
wedding of, [197].
Pictet, [71].
Piggot diamond, [187].
Pitt, Wm., and Regent diamond, [164], [165].
Placidia, marriage of, [123].
Plato’s views on gems, [73].
Pliny’s views on gems, [15], [285], [287], [288], [328], [330], [331], [368], [369], [414].
Plumbago, or graphite, [16], [18].
Plunder of Delhi, [204].
Polariscope, [261].
Poles, customs of, [134].
Polycrates, ring of, [116], [288].
Pompadour’s jewels, [174].
Pompey, [130].
ring of, [290].
Pope Julius II., beryl of, [319].
Potemkin, gems of, [154].
Potemkin’s plume, [145].
Priest’s treasury in the Kremlin, [141].
Prince Esterhazy jewels, [212], [229].
Prismatic display of the diamond, [92], [93], [96]-[98].

Queen Caroline, jewels of, [196].
Elizabeth, jewels of, [197].
Mary, jewels of, [196].

Raleigh, Walter, dress of, [198].
Ralph Potter, lapidary, [243].
Rambusson’s remarks on ruby mines, [403].
Ramusso, Venetian historian, [130].
Ranee Ruthen’s diamond, [218].
Ratnapoora, sapphire mines of, [372], [374].
Ravenna, capture of, [125].
Refractive power of gems, [259]-[262].
Regale of France, gem, [199].
Regalia of Charlemagne, [226].
England, [179].
France, [158].
Russia, [132].
Regent diamond, [161], [165].
Richelieu’s wreath, [160].
Ring of Ahmed, [116].
Polycrates, [116].
Rohan, Cardinal de, [174].
Rome, triumphs of, [119].
Romè de L’Isle, description of diamond, [222].
Rose-colored diamonds, [228].
Rose diamonds, Antwerp form, [244], [251].
Holland form, [244], [251].
Round brilliant, [222].
Royalston, locality of beryls, [311]-[313], [315].
Ruby, lustre of the potters of Umbria, [325].
of Crown of Persia, [407].
Crown of Russia, [407].
East India Company, [407].
King of Burmah, [406].
Prince of Wales, [180], [406].
price of, [427].
seen by Garcia, [407].
Runjeet Singh gems, [206]-[208].

Sacred standard of Persia, [23].
vestments, [127].
Sacro catino—emerald dish, [323].
Saffragan sapphire mines, [374].
Sancy diamonds, [166]-[171].
Sapphire, [365].
black variety, [417].
carved by the Hindoos, [397].
colors of, [394], [398], [411]-[420].
composition and characters of, [387], [400].
deposition of, [377]-[384], [389].
engraved, [405], [412], [417]-[424].
formation of, in Ceylon, [384], [385].
imitations of, natural and artificial, [424], [425].
Sapphire, mines of, [372], [378], [379], [388]-[390].
Ava, [401].
Bengal, [393].
Bohemia, [393].
Burmah, [400]-[403].
Ceylon, [400]-[403].
China, [408].
Colorado, [392].
Montana, [390], [391].
North Carolina, [388], [411].
Siam, [403].
red, known as Oriental ruby, [398]-[400], [403]-[408], [424], [426].
refraction of, [98].
roof of the Parthian Palace, [397].
varieties, early known, [367].
Sapphires of the French Crown, [395], [397], [399], [411], [412].
Hungarian Crown, [396].
King of Ava, [402].
Miss Coutts, [396], [398].
the Russian casket, [397].
price of, [425]-[427].
Sapphirus, [368].
Sarmatia, ancient, [133].
Sassanian kings, [23], [25].
Saxon white brilliant, [223].
Saxony, Elector of, gems, [224].
Sceptre of Vladimir, [138].
School of Mines, St. Petersburg, [145].
Scythian incursions, [133].
Selwyn’s views of gold deposits, [77].
Serena, [121].
Shah Jehan, [202], [209], [210], [218].
Nasiru’d-din of Persia, [216].
Soujah, [207].
Shrine of Thomas à Becket, [199].
Siberian beryls, [313]-[315].
Silicified trees, [347].
Sinan Pasha, jewels of, [117].
Sir Stamford Raffles, [36], [218].
Smith, J. Laurence, discovers Hiddenite, [310].
Sokolli, gems of, [117].
Sorel, Agnes, necklace of, [177].
Soujah and the Kohinoor, [207].
Spanish Conquest of Mexico and Peru, [292].
Specific gravity of diamonds, [87].
emerald, [308].
opal, [336].
sapphire, [387].
Spiritual properties of gems, [104].
St. Chapelle of Paris, [127], [128].
St. Laurent, views of, [239].
St. Mark’s Palace, [127], [130].
St. Melania, [121].
St. Sophia, mosque of, [129].
Stamboul, [130].
Star of the South, [41], [223].
Stewart diamond, [55].
Sultan of Mattan diamond, [36].
Sumnat, idol and temple of, [209], [220].
Superstitious fancies about gems, [362].
Suvaroff gems, [98], [144], [156].
Sword of Solyman, [107].
Symes’s visit to Ava, [217].
Symes’s, Col., visit to Burmah, [401].

Table of Solomon, [326].
Taj Mahal, palace tomb, [218], [219], [408].
Talasca, standard of, [293].
Tavernier, the traveller, [27], [30], [34], [66], [67], [150], [154], [163], [182], [202], [203], [205], [213], [227], [238], [246], [251], [272], [387], [404], [406].
Telesie, a name proposed by Abbé Haüy, [371].
Tennant, Prof., [40], [179].
Theophrastus, [25], [368].
Thiers, Madame, necklace of, [178].
Throne of Nadir Shah, [107].
Russia, [140].
Throne of Takdis, [23].
Turkey, [107].
Timour, Fêtes of, [114].
spoils of, [114], [186].
Tiridates and the Parthian nobles, [120].
march to Rome, [121].
Titus and the spoils of Jerusalem, [124].
Tomb of Mahomet, [409].
Topaz, [95], [98], [145], [425].
Tourmaline, [97], [99], [145], [310], [326], [408], [425], [427].
tongs, [260].
Tournament of the cloth of gold, [192].
Townley collection of gems, [288].
Treasury of the Seraglio, [107], [118].
Troitza, treasury of, [147].
Tschudi, Prof., [86].
Turkish casket of jewels, [106].
Turquoise of Mexico, [292].
Persia, [216].

Ural Mountains, [47].

Vaal region diamond fields, [62].
Value of gems in 15th century, [270].
Vaux, mineral collection of, [317].
Veil of Kunderas, [409].
Venice, a gem mart, [270].
Verneuil’s views of diamond, [43].
Volo, plain of, in Poland, [134].
Voysey’s views of diamond, [37], [74].

Wallerius, views of, [290], [370], [371].
Walpole, Horace, [195].
Weight of large diamonds, [247].
Werner collection of gems, [102].
Wilson, Dr., descriptions of the Kohinoor, [207].
Winter Palace, collection in, [142].
Wollaston, Prof., [245].
Wooden-spoon seller’s sapphire, [395].
Wright’s discovery of opal mines, [345], [346].

Yellow diamond of Austria, [227].
sapphires, [410], [411].
Yriarte, history of Venice, etc., [128].

Zenobia, captivity of, [120].
Zircon, [91], [93], [96], [255], [427].