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LAURIUM.
Lanrium, mines of, 119.
Legion, cost of, 223.
Leopold, Emperor, diamond of, 98.
ΛΐβθΚιίλλ, 302.
Lion
of Crœssus, 177. little finger, ring worn on, 322. Loffia Paulina,
jewels of, 316. Lorenzo dei Medici, 15. Louis d'Anjou, plateof, 161.
Loya XII., ruby portrait of, 230. Lucullus, ring of, 297. Ludovico II
Moro, balais of, 236. Luminous geme, 238. Lychnis, balais ruby, 226.
Lydia, primitive coins of, 174, 178.
Macedonian kings, wealth of, 189, Magi, their pretensions, 299. Manillas, his notice of the diamond,
39. Manilla, African, 218. Marbodus, 12.
Margaret of Anjou's ring, 235. Maria Honorii, 208. "Manage," 233. Marlborough, Duke of, his diamonds,
no. "Marriage of Anchises and Venus,"
141. Martial's gold cup, 153. Mary Tudor, seal of, 97.
------Queen of Scots, signet of, 97.
------diamond sent to Elizabeth, l00,
Mattan,
Rajah of, 87. Maximilian II,, ring of, 293. "Mazarins, les douze," 95.
Meat, price of at Rome, 224. Medallions, Roman, 215. Mediseval
gem-cutting, 103. Medicine, gems used in, 15,274,304. Mentor, 142.
Mercureus Oannetonensis, plate of,
146. Midas, 178. Milkstone, 47· Milliarensis, 131. Minium, 125. Mining terms, their derivation, 204.
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PANAMA.
Mirgimola,
history of, 77. Mirrors, ancient, 134. Missorium of Aëtius, 214.
Mithridates, gold statue of, 212. Mogul diamond, the, 76. Mohammed Ben
Mansur, 14. Montezuma, cup of, 169. Mummulus, 214. Mys, 142.
Naifes, 54.
Names of gems, whence derived, 301.
Narbonne, Gothic treasury at, 333.
Nassack diamond, the, 348.
Natter, 51.
Naumachius, 247.
Necklace, the Diamond, 116.
Necklaces, celebrated ancient, 306.
Nef, in gold, 168.
Nero, portrait on a diamond, 99.
------, emerald of, 293.
------, invention of, 294,
Nerva, diamond of, 48.
New Carthage, mines at, 123.
Newton, 24.
Nicander, 2, 7.
Nicolo, votive, 321.
Niello, invention of, 135.
Nilaa, sapphire, Nilion, 248.
Nizam diamond, the, 87.
Nonnus, 306.
Novas Minas, "Slaves' Diamond,'
115. Nuggets, origin of, 184.
Obolus, primitive, 192. Obryza, test for gold, 204. Onyx of Havilah, 27.
------votive, 236.
Origin of stones, 26...
Orloff diamond, the 86
"Or," "Our," names for gold, 171.
Oscnlan, 238.
Orpheus, date of his poem, 6.
Pactolas, 176.
Palio di S. Ambrogio, 324.
Panama pearls, 271.
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