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Pearl oyster, 287
Pearls, antiquity of, 294
artificial, 299
famous, 39, 291, 292, 293
imitations of, 24
localities of, 288, 292, 297
Roman, 299
Venetian, 29g
Pebbles of Rennes, 367
Pegu, 253, 301, 305, 306, 309
Peking, 64, 256
Penelope, 109, 345
Pennsylvania, 259, 311, 328, 330, 341
University of, 56
Pentateuch, 244
Peridot, 321
Perrot, M., 76, 78
Persepolis, 62, 89
Perseus, 343
Persia, 9, 79, et passim
Persian ambassador, 314
art, 56, 160
cosmogony, 245
Empire, 148
Gulf, 288, 295
invasion, 217
lapidaries, 305
merchants, 313
tradition, 302
treasury, 268
Persians, 107, 112, et passim
Peru, 28, 89, 107, 265, 267, 270, 327
Peruvians, 107, 113, i45> 336
Peruzzi, 191
Petrified wood, 369, 370
Peysonnel, M., 343
Phaeton, 8, 345
Pharaoh, 77, 114
Phenakite, 33 t
Philadelphia, 54
Philemon, 362
Philip the Bold, 89, 90
IV., 292
II-, 194, 225, 239
the Good, 90
Phoebus, 165
Phoenician art, 56
colonies, 80
works, 80
Phoenicians, 28, 78,^79» MS» 148, 180
Piazza della Signoria, 47
Pichler, 150
Piedmont, 303, 335
Pike's Peak, 278, 328, 331
Pinna marina, 288
Pistrucci, 151
Pitt, Thomas, 225
William, 225, 226
Pizarro, 265
Plantagenet, 33, 94
Plasma, 363, 368
Plato, 8,143, 273
Pliny, 82, 103, et Passim
Poet-laureate, 59
Point Barrow, 326
Poland, 267, 299
Polarization of light, 19
Polycrates, 105, 106
Polynices, no
Pompey, 41, 81, 100, 113, 115, 342
Pope, Alexander, 225
Adrian IV., 271
Alexander III., 104
Benedict, 272
Boniface, 104
VII., 149
Clement VIII., 47
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Pope, John XXII., 120
Julius II., 194, 221, 262, 273
Leo IV., 124
IX., 158
Pius II., 49
VII., 262
Po River, 345
Portales, Count de, 42
Portugal, 32, 223
Portuguese, 200, 201, 202, 326
government, 2or
" Posies," 94
Potsdam, 363
Prasneste, 345
Prague, battle of, 39
Prase, 368
Precious stones in literature, 131-144
Prester John, 133
Priam, palace of, 134
Prices of gems, 31
Prince Albert, 224
of Baroda, 89, 231, 235, 236
Cyprus, 277
Demidoff, 223, 329
Frederick Henry, 224
Kosroes, 230
Orloff, 219, 220
Palatine, 39
di Piombina, 48"
Poniatowsky, 53
gems, 53
Potemkin, 98
Regent, 201-203
of Siam, 240
Tyre, 28, 195, 223, 268
Wales, 195, 223, 268
Princess of Orange, 37
Santa Croce, 37
Prometheus, 105, 169
Properties of precious stones, 10, 11
optical, 19
physical, 11
Propertius, 342
Prussia, 224, 353
Pschent, 78
Psellus, 137
Ptah, 55
Ptolemy, 105, 336
Ptolemies, 83, 153, 199, 269
Punic War, 105
Punjaub, 127, 213
Pyramids, 30
Pyrgoteles, 53, 149
Pyrites, 337
Pythagoras, 143
Pytheas, 82
Quartz family, 349
varieties, 349, 350
Queen Anne, 36, 95
Arsinoë, 159
Boadicea, 109
Caroline, 95
Catherine of Aragon, 92, 258
Russia, 235
Charlotte, 95. "9
Christina, 128, 129, 235
Elizabeth of England, 72, 73, 94, 104, 140,
222, 249, 294
Elizabeth of Hungary, 61
of Great Britain, 237, 248, 268
Henrietta Maria, 96, 128, 222
Hortense, 267
Isabella of England, 97, 120
Isabella II. of Spain, 64, 181
Jane of Navarre, 267
Slary of England, 95
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