ly contributed the passage relating to the Division of Medical Sciences),
it: has been said that the Hope diamond (weighing 45.5 carats) stayed in
England for many years, before it was sold and owned by admirers one
after the other. The last owner privately was Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean of Washington Metrop. area. Here she exhibited "the gem", in a
setting made for her in glass-faced vault acquired from her estate in
1949, by the New York jewellery firm of Harry Wiston, Inc. And in
1959, this greatly admired and magnificent jewel, was donated to the
Smithsonian Institution during the time of the physiologic-psychologist
Leonard Carmichael, the seventh Secretary of the organization. It was
dedicated for the diffusion of knowledge among men. Through my
personal acquaintance with the Smithsonian collection for over the
years, many outstanding gems can be listed, e.g., the 127 carat unique
Portuguese diamond and the exquisite heart-shaped Eugene blue
diamond that weights 31 carats. Another worth mentioning is the deep
reddish and almost transparent "Rosser Reeves ruby" weighing 138.7
carats, the greatly admired "Logan sapphire" weighing 4 23 carats; and
finally the 330 carats "Star of Asia", considered one of the finest and
possibly the best known of its kind all over the world. See also
Desaulets, op. cit., pp. 72-84, 102—5 and 132—4; and Samuel Tolansky, The History and Use of Diamond, London, Methuen, 1962,
pp. 13-55, Merrill F. Unger, U. Bible Dictionary, Chicago, Moody
Press, pp, 732—46,
36. Pearl Oyster is the secretion of mollusks and certain shellfish. See
Jamahir, op. cit, 104—60, Desaulets, op. cit., pp. 89—94 and 132— 4,
F. Krenkow, "The Chapter on Pearls in the Book on Precious Stones by
al-Biruni", Islamic Culture, 15, (1941), pp, 399-421 and vol. 16, pp.
21-36; and his, 34 (1943), p. 426; Lughat al-'Arab, 9, (1931), pp. 671
— 74; Bauer, op. cit., vol. 2; pp. 585—601, Beruni seems to reflect on
the Prophet Job's (Ayyub's) statement; "No mention shall be made of
coral or of crystal, for the possession of wisdom is even above rubies or
pearls", Chap, 28: pp. 12-18,
37. Jamahir, op. cit., 160—69; Desaulets, op. cit., pp. 72—85, 94—97,
261 — 389, Hodges, Gems, op. cit., pp. 11—46.
38. Hakim Mohammed Said, et al., (ed.) Saydanah, op. cit., 1; 167,
148—53; 335; Jamahir, op. cit., 32, 64, pp. 169—72; Desaulets, op. cit.,
pp. 72, 97—8; 105, 117; The Book of Genesis, chap. 2; p. 1 2; and The
Prophet Ezekiel, chap. 27; p. 16,
39. Jamahir, op. cit., pp. 172—93; Desaulets, op. cit., pp. 97, 116—7;
and Bauer, Stones, op. cit., vol. 2; pp. 511 and 601.
40. John G. Burke, Origins of the Science of Crystals, Berkeley-Los
Angeles, Univ. of Calif, 1966, pp. 1 — 20. Desaulets, op. cit., pp. 97,
117, Jamahir, op. cit., pp, 181—89, Book of Isaiah, Chap. 54; p. 12;
