F.
- 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].
G.
- 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].
H.
- 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].
I.
- 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].
J.