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GEMMA.
" Gemma potare," 240. Gems, to soften, 251, Gesner, 11. Gilding, ancient, 117. Girasol, 158.
Glain " bead, 227. Gtlass, discovered, 362. Glass-soap, 225. Glass-vases, 268.
------malleable, 364.
------money of, 362.
------to engrave, 367.
Glœsum, 332. Golconda, 33. Gold, why valued, 93. Gold-washings, Greek, 95.
------plate, Roman, 82.
------mediaeval, 89.
Gold-refining, 102.
------coinage, Roman, 121.
Gold-mines, Spanish, 109. Golden temple, 337. Gontron, 119. Gourdon lanx, 138. Guarnaceino, 53.
H.
Hadrian's present to Servian, 352.
------portraits of, 325.
Haematites, 210.
----- iron oxide, 225.
------virtues of, 393.
Hair, colour admired by the Romans,
333.
Hall-mark, 422. Hanap, gold, 89. Hardness, scale of, 48. Harlai de
Sancy, 419. Helena, tomb of, 286. Helen's talisman, 92. Helenus, 280.
Heliotrope, 191. Henry VIII. buys Charles the Bold's
diamond,
39. Hephsestitis, carbuncle, 192. Heraclius, recipes of, 366. Hermes,
cave of, 375. Hill, Sir John, 257. Hispano-Gothic jewels, 399.
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KOHLER.
Homeric jewelry, 330. Hope diamond, the, 415. Hungary, crown of, 402. Hyacinthus, G2.
------the flower, 194.
Hydrargyrum, 117. Hydrophane, 287. Hydaspes, ring of, 283.
I, J.
" Jacinth " derived, 220.
Jade, 238, 424.
Jamahid's cup, 374.
Jargoon, 217.
Jasper, varieties of, 209.
Jasponyx, 205.
Jaundice, cure for, 221.
Jehanghir's ring, 427.
Jeremiah's notice of the diamond, 26.
Jesuits' altar, 245.
Jet, 189.
------ornaments found at Cologne, 190.
Iliac vases, 81.
Imadixa, diamond-mines of, 32.
Indian trade, ancient, 97, 243.
------primitive currency, 107.
------sards, 299.
Inscribed agates, 245. Iron Crown, the, 312. Iron alloy of silver, 72.
------embossed, 79.
Iris, 155.
------artificial, 156.
Isidorus, 7.
Juba, 2.
Julia Titi, 132, 353.
Julius II., emerald of, 312.
Juno's earrings, 227.
K.
Kaman, Kakaman, 142. Karfunkel, Marburg, 151. Kentmann, 11.
Kertch, tomb-treasures at, 219. Kimmeridge-coal, 190. Koh-i-noor, history of, 33.
------recutting of, 36.
Kohler, 257, 303.
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