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BANYAN.
Banyan
assaycrs, 212. Baroohe, Barace, 32, 264. Baroque perle, 232. Basalt
statues, 123. Beli gemma, 426. Bell' ocehio, Beli Oculus, 342.
Berenice's diamond, 24. Berghem, Louis de, 27, 41.
•------Robert de, 39.
Bernay, Trésor de, 81. Beryl, 131.
-------for " Sard," 135, 299.
Billon alloy, 73.
Birago, 29.
Black Prince's ruby, 405.
Boethus, chaser, 80.
Boii, gold of, 103.
Bonus Eventus, paste, 295.
Boot, De, 12.
Bore, diamant de, 369.
Borghis, Ortensio, 35.
Borgia's, Lucrezia, mirror, 363.
Bort, 22.
Borneo diamonds, 417.
Brazilian diamonds, 34.
Brille, derived, 133.
Brilliant, 29, 45.
British coinage, ancient, 420.
Brocatella, 16.
Burning the diamond, 47.
" Burning of Troy," opal, 271.
Byzantine gold, 112.
-------camei, 306.
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Cabochon, convex-cut, 400. Cacholong, 159. Cœsar, a gem-collector, 407. Gdcedony, 157.
-------busts in, 160.
Calligone's sardonyx, 303. Calf's eye, 274. Camahutum, 141. " Cameo" derived, 142.
Cameo work, 249. ------false, 269.
Camillo Lionardo, 10. Canjarjum, beryl-mines, 312. Capnias, 159. Carat, 46.
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CRATERITES.
Caravan-trade,
ancient, 307. Carbonado, 27. Carlos, Don, seal of, 29. Carnelian,
Cornelian, 296. Carpegna cameo, 305. Cat's eye, 341.
-------the largest, 415.
Cellini's nielli, 75.
—— valuation of gems, 413.
Celtic gold, 104 ; enamels, 370.
Ceraunia, 153.
Ceylon ruby, 56.
Chalazia cubic diamond, 22.
------virtues of, 396.
Oïhalcedon, 157. Champ-levé enamels, 370. Charielea's ring, 04.
------zone in niello, 7G.
Charlemagne's diamonds, 24.
------crown, 4.01 ; cup, 303.
-------emerald, 321.
•------escrin de, 353.
Charles
the Bold's diamond, 38. Charles II.'s signet, 30. Charlotte, Queen, her
necklace, 64. Chasings, antique, 78. Chosroes, cup of, 372.
Chrysolampis, or Osculan, 151. Chrysolite, modern, 137, 338.
Χρυσιί7Γαστα, 119. Chrysoprase, 163. Citrino, 169. Claudian, 183.
Cleavage of diamond, 43. Cleopatra's amethyst, 60.
------pearl, 233.
Cloisonné enamels, 370. Coal used by the Greeks, 190. Comnenus, Alexius, 307. COM.OB, 115.
Constantine's
helmet, 403; camei, 306. Constantia, tomb of, 286. Constantius,
sapphire of, 199. Copper-emerald, 315. Coral, 171 ; virtues of, 389.
------engraved, 172.
Corallachates, 16.
Corbridgo lanx, 82.
Corinthian brass, 213.
Costanzi engraves on diamond, 29.
Craterites, 168.
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