The Pearl, its story, its charm, and its value

by Wallis Richard Cattelle

Carbonate of Lime			91.72
Organic matter			5.94
Water			2.34

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INDEX

• A
• Abalone, [92], [170], [199], [244].
• Acapulco, [203].
• Advance of price, [277].
• Aelonians, [93].
• Alexander, [50].
• Ancient fisheries, [212].
• Angel's tears, [315].
• Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, [49].
• Aquila Jewels, [85].
• Arabian Sea, [49], [51], [201].
• Aragonite, [167].
• Aripo, [219].
• Arkansas, discovery of pearls in, [259].
• Aroo Islands, [199], [202].
• Aryans, [64].
• Atokha, Virgin of, [329].
• Auris Marina, [246].
• Aurora Shells, [246].
• Australia, [201], [249].
• Avicula fucata, [127].
• squamulosa, [127], [239].
• B
• Bagdad, [213].
• Bahamas, [95].
• Bahrein, [212].
• Ball pearl, [44].
• Banda Islands, [202].
• Baroques, [82], [91], [155], [161].
• Base price, [276].
• Baskets, [228].
• Batjan, [200].
• Bazaruto Islands, [200], [233].
• Beira, [233].
• Beresford Hope pearl, [324], [326].
• Black-Shell, [144].
• Blister, [92].
• Blue-point, [268].
• Bochart, [57].
• Bones, pearls called, [50], [61].
• Boss, [140].
• Breastplate, Jewish High Priest's, [56], [61].
• Breeding of pearls, [312].
• Brown pearls, [329].
• Bull-head, [266].
• Butterfly, [268].
• Byssus, [243].
• C
• Cacique, [76].
• Calcospherules, [154].
• Caligula, [52].
• Campeche, Gulf of, [241].
• Cape San Lucas, [242].
• Cariaco, Gulf of, [238].
• Castiglione necklace, [84].
• Catifa, [326].
• Celebrated Pearls, [324].
• Ceram, [200].
• Cestodes, [173].
• Chank, [15], [98].
• Charles V., [47].
• Charlotte Bay, [249].
• Cheval paar, [221].
• Chilaw pearl banks, [219].
• Chiriqui, [237].
• Chunam, [231].
• Clammers, [262], [282].
• Clam pearls, [97].
• Cleopatra's pearl, [52], [320], [326].
• Clinch River, [260], [263].
• Clione, [154].
• Clodius, [52], [327].
• Coatzacoalcos, [241].
• Coche, [238].
• Colombia, [236], [241].
• Color of pearls, [101].
• Columbus, [46].
• Conch, [16], [94].
• Conchiolin, [133].
• Cortez, [46], [242].
• Cracked pearls, [119], [301].
• Crotalia, [53], [80].
• Cubagua, [46], [238].
• Culture pearls, [299].
• D
• Dahlak, [212].
• Dasyus, [64].
• Death of Pearls, [316].
• Deer-horn, [267].
• De Soto, [46], [47], [76].
• Devadatta, [98].
• Dew-drop origin of P., [311].
• Diamonds, [44], [56], [70].
• Diving, Dress, [178], [188], [192].
• Naked, [178].
• Dredging, [282].
• Dress, [189].
• Dudley pearls, [329].
• Dutch Indies, [200], [232].
• E
• Ear of Venus, [93].
• Ear-shell, [93], [245].
• Ecuador, [203], [237].
• Edward VII., [82].
• Elenchi, [80].
• Elizabeth, Queen, [48].
• El Tirano, [237].
• Exmouth Gulf, [249].
• F
• Facts and Fancies, [311].
• Farsan, [212].
• Fiji Islands, [202].
• File-fish, [174].
• Fisheries, Arabian Sea, [212].
• Ancient, [201], [255].
• Australian, [194], [202], [249].
• Fisheries, British, [255].
• Campeche, gulf of, [241].
• Ceylon, [201], [215], [289].
• Colombia, [237], [241].
• Dutch Indies, [232].
• Ecuador, [237].
• English, [242].
• German East Africa, [234].
• Haiti, [248].
• Indian, [214].
• Irish, [255].
• La Paz, [242].
• Lower California, [242].
• Madras, [215].
• Merguian archipelago, [201], [234].
• Mexican, [242].
• New Caledonia, [234].
• Nicaragua, [236].
• Omagh, [256].
• Panama, [237].
• Persian Gulf, [212].
• Philippines, [248].
• Portuguese East Africa, [233].
• Red Sea, [211].
• Scotch, [256].
• So. African, [257].
• Venezuela, [237], [239].
• Fishing, Ceylon gov't notification, [221].
• Depth of, [225], [232].
• Mexican, Season of, [243].
• U. S. mussel, [258].
• Polynesian, [183].
• primitive method, [179].
• time under water, [225].
• Tongarewa Islands, [186].
• with dress, [188].
• prices realized, [227], [289].
• Flodden Field, [320].
• Fluter mussel, [260].
• Francis I., [48].
• Fresh-water pearls, [90].
• G
• Gambier, [199], [203], [328].
• Genesis of Pearls, [127].
• Gilbert, Bishop of Limerick, [49]
• Goajira, [239].
• Government Notification, [221].
• Gresham, Sir Thomas, [48], [321].
• Guatemala, [242].
• Guayaquil, [237], [287].
• Gulf of California, [203].
• Campeche, [204], [241].
• Gwaai River, [257].
• H
• Habitat of oysters and mussels, [199].
• Haiti, [205], [248].
• Haliotis, [16], [93], [206], [244].
• cracherodii, [247].
• iris, [246].
• mida, [246].
• rufescens, [247].
• splendens, [247].
• tuberculata, [245].
• Heel-splitter, [268].
• I
• Ichiaha, [76].
• Illinois, discovery of pearls, [259].
• Imitation pearls, [295].
• Imperfections, [111].
• Incas, [44], [46], [76].
• Inhambane, [200].
• Interference, [130].
• Iridescence, [130].
• J
• Jamboneau, [235].
• James IV., [320].
• Japan, [202].
• Jolo, [248].
• Julius Cæsar, [52], [81], [256], [327].
• K
• Kalanchu, [231].
• Katar, [212].
• Kshattriya, [27], [64].
• L
• Lampsilis anodontoides, [267].
• fallaciosus, [267].
• ligamentinus, [267].
• rectus, [267].
• La Pellegrina, [324], [326].
• La Paz, [242].
• La Peregrina, [324], [327].
• Largest Pearl, [326].
• Lesbos, [50].
• Lingah, [201], [212].
• Lohia, [211].
• Lollia Pollena, [52].
• Loreto, [242].
• Louis XIII., [49].
• Lower California, [242].
• M
• Macanao, [238].
• Macassar, [233].
• Madura, [215].
• Mafia, [206], [234].
• Malabar, [63], [179].
• Manaar, [216].
• Manchadi, [231].
• Manduck, [179].
• Mantle, [132].
• Maracaibo, [239].
• Margarita, [238].
• Maria Theresa, [49].
• Marichchikaddi, [221].
• Mary Queen of Scots, [48].
• Massawa, [211].
• Mathilde, Princess, [84].
• Maturity of Pearl Oysters, [205].
• Mazatlan, [242].
• Meleagrina, [90], [127].
• Merguian Archipelago, [200], [234].
• Methods of Fishing, [177].
• Mindanao, [248].
• Montezuma, [46].
• Moros, [182].
• Mother-paar, [219].
• Mounds, Indian, [40], [45], [76], [257].
• Mucket, [266].
• Mud-blisters, [92].
• Multiple, [276].
• Mussel, [90], [257].
• Mussel-egg, [43], [116].
• Mussel Anodonta herculea, [297].
• blue-point, [268].
• bull-head, [266].
• butterfly, [268].
• deer-horn, [267].
• fluter, [260].
• Hatchet-back, [268].
• heel-splitter, [268].
• Lake, [260].
• margaritifera, [255].
• mucket, [266].
• nigger-head, [266].
• painter's, [255].
• pearl, [255].
• red, [234].
• swollen-river, [255].
• sand-shell, [267].
• warty-back, [266].
• wash-board, [260].
• Mutton-fish, [245].
• Mytilene, [50].
• N
• Nassau pearls, [96].
• Nautillus, [16].
• New Caledonia, [172], [202], [234].
• New Guinea, [202].
• Nicaragua, [204].
• Nigger-head, [136], [266].
• Nomenclature, [56].
• Notch Brook pearl, [258], [330].
• Nuclei of pearls, [153], [174], [272].
• O
• Oahu, [206].
• Ohio pearls, [258].
• Old Testament reference, [56].
• Omagh, [49], [256].
• Oriental pearls, [89].
• Origin of pearls (fables), [311].
• Ormer, [93], [246].
• P
• Painter's mussel, [255].
• Panama, [203].
• Paraguana, [239].
• Parasites, [174].
• Pearls, Abalone, [92], [156].
• assortment of, [228].
• baroque, [155], [161], [279].
• black, [97], [105].
• blister, [92].
• blue, [104], [278].
• Bombay, [213].
• button, [155], [160].
• clam, [97], [156].
• colors of, [101].
• conch, [94], [156].
• cracked, [119].
• culture, [298].
• fancy, [105], [202].
• free, [154].
• fresh-water, [89], [90], [279].
• hammered, [120].
• hinge, [91].
• imitation, [295].
• Japan, [298].
• Madras, [102], [215], [277].
• Nassau, [96].
• oriental, [89].
• Panama, [104], [204].
• pear-shape, [80], [161].
• rose, [91].
• seed, [231].
• Shah of Persia, [326].
• slugs, [280].
• soft, [116].
• strawberry, [91].
• true, [89].
• twinned, [159].
• wing, [91], [280].
• Pearl-Oysters, [199].
• Pearlers, [262], [282].
• Peelers, [115], [248], [302].
• Peeling pearls, [115], [302].
• Periya paar, [220].
• Persian Gulf, [50], [201].
• Perthshire Tay pearls, [256].
• Peru, [46], [204].
• Philip II., [241].
• Pinna, [16], [206], [235].
• Plagiola securis, [268].
• Pleurobena aesopus, [266].
• Pliny, [52], [54], [66].
• Polynesians, [183].
• Pope Leo X. pearl, [328].
• Price of pearls, [275].
• Punta de Santa Cristoval, [243].
• Q
• Quadrula ebena, [266].
• pustulosa, [266].
• undulata, [268].
• Queen pearl, [330].
• R
• Rana of Dholpur, [78].
• Ravaillac, [320].
• Red Current, [253].
• Red Sea, [51], [200].
• Rhodesia, Southern, [206].
• Rio, Hacha, [237].
• Roman fashions, [80], [342].
• Rose pearls, [91], [266].
• S
• Sandalchin, [57].
• Sandaztros, [57].
• Sand-shells, [267].
• San Juan del Norte, [236].
• Season for mussel fishing, [270].
• Seed pearls, [231].
• Shankar, [15], [31].
• Shangani River, [257].
• Shankhásura, [98].
• Sharks Bay, [249].
• Shark-charmer, [224].
• Shell Australian, [145], [202].
• black, [144], [199], [202].
• bullock, [204], [236].
• distorted, [172], [252].
• Egyptian, [200].
• grayish, [145], [200].
• greenish, [145], [211].
• Lingah, [212].
• Shell Mexican, [204].
• Panama, [204], [236].
• Port Darwin, [249].
• price of, [235], [251], [270], [290].
• red-ears, [206].
• Sydney, [249].
• Tuamotu, [170], [200].
• Unio, [136], [200], [211].
• Venezuelan, [200].
• West Australian, [249].
• white, [145], [171].
• yellow, [145], [200].
• young, [205].
• Shoulder of mutton, [235].
• Sir Thomas Gresham, [48], [328].
• Sleeping Lion, [328].
• Slugs, [280].
• Soliman Pearl, [328].
• Sophie, Queen, [84].
• Southern Rhodesia, [206], [257].
• Spat, [169].
• Spawning time, [271].
• Spice Islands, [202].
• Spiritu Santo, [46].
• Spruce, John, [284].
• Strawberry-pearls, [91], [266].
• Strombus gigas, [94], [206].
• Sugar River, [264].
• Sulu Islands, [202], [248].
• Superstitions, [181], [311].
• Suran, [253].
• Sweet-water pearls, [90], [279].
• Swollen River mussel, [255].
• Symphynota complanata, [268].
• T
• Tahiti, [203].
• Tampa Bay, [46].
• Targum, [57].
• Tavernier, [49], [325].
• Tiburon, [242].
• Tinnevalli, [215].
• Tongarewa Islands, [186].
• Travancore, [25], [98].
• Tremellius, [57].
• Tritigonia verrucosa, [267].
• True pearls, [89].
• Tuamotu Archipelago, [200], [203].
• Turbinella Scolymus, [98].
• Turtle-backs, [92].
• Tuticorin, [215].
• U
• Umbo, [139].
• Unio, [90], [127], [136], [206].
• Unit of weight, [276].
• V
• Variation in weight of P., [241].
• Varieties, [89].
• Venezuela, [96], [237].
• Venus ear-shell, [16], [93], [245].
• Venus Genetrix, [81].
• Veragua, [237].
• Vishnu, [15], [98].
• W
• Warty-back, [266].
• Weight of mussel shells, [269].
• meat, [269].
• Westphalia Queen necklace, [84].
• White bones, [50], [61].
• White shell, [145], [199].
• Wisconsin pearls, [259].
• X
• X Rays, [231].
• Y
• Yellow shells, [200].
• Z
• Zanzibar, [200], [234].

Transcriber's Notes

[Page 113]: changed pear-shape to pear-shaped (pear-shaped pearls)

[Page 322]: changed aquaintance to acquaintance

[Page 341]: changed villany to villainy

[Page 349]: changed Throgh to Through