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Marbodus, 15, 51, 59, 70, 104, 164,
377 Marguerite de Valois, 5 Mars, the god, 81, 94, 140, 341
planet, 187, 243, 338, 348, 352,
353, 354, 355
Martial, St., jeweled gloves of, 257 Matrix-emerald, 226, 227 Medusa, head of, on talisman, 124 Meleager, 56
Mendès, Mme. Catulle, 26 Mentzel, Christian, 168 Mercury, the god, 257, 341
planet, 123, 242, 348, 352, 353,
354, 355 typical of green, 31
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 86,130,
342
Meyer, Dr. A. B., viii Meyers, J. L., 292, 299 "Mexican onyx," 251
Meyer, Prof. A. B., 250 Michael, St., 257 Microcline, 50 Mithridates
the Great, 80 Mizauld, Antoine, 98, 166 Mohammed's carnelian seal-ring,
64 Moldavite, 360 Monardes, 390
Montfaucon, Bernard de, 220 Month, Hindu list of gems of the, 331
natal stones of the, 326-333 Moonstone, 8, 320, 334
as gift for lovers, 98
in India, 97
waxing and waning with moon, 98 Morales, 343
Morgan, J. Pierpont, vi, 254 Morgan Collection, Am. Mus. Nat.
Hist. N. Y., vi, 66 Morgan-Tiffany Collection, Am. Mus.
Nat.
Hist., 106, 233 Morganite, gem of Madagascar, 364 Moryson, Fynes,
Gent., 174 Moser, Consul General, vii Moses, 278, 280, 286 Moss-agate,
48 Müller, Max, 269
Multan, India, idol of temple at, 240 Musée d'histoire Naturelle, Paris, vi Mother-of-pearl, therapeutic use of
239 Mycenae, amber at, 57
gems from, 204 Myrmecites, 34
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Naharari, on gems, 386 Names, initials of, figured by precious stones, 47-50 Naoratna, nine-gem jewel, 231, 241, 242-245 names of, in various tongues, 244 occult use of gems in, 244 Naphtali, 298
Napoleon's carnelian seal, 64 Napoleon I, 64, 260, 309 Napoleon III, 64, 142 Natal stones, vi, 1, 307-337
list of, from various sources,
315 proposed new listing of, 317-
321 selected from precious stones produced in the United States, 323 National Museum, Washington, vi Natrolite, 50
Navajos, rain-making gods of the,
adorned with coral and turquoise, 246
Neandross, Sigurd, Maori warrior
by, 254 Nebo, god, image on cylinder, 123 Necklace, Egyptian, 36-38
of Vesta, 235 Nephrite, see jade Nephritfrage, viii,
249 Neptune, god, 341 New Jerusalem, 236, 275, 302-306 foundation
stones of, 307, 310-314, 316, 317 New South Wales, black opal of, 152
New Zealand jade, 87-90 Nicander, 93 Nicias, 56
Niçois, Thomas, 7, 142 Ninib, god, image on seal, 35 Noah, luminous stones of, in the
Ark, 161, 276 Nodes, ascending and descending, 243 Nonius, opal of, 144—146 Nophek, stone of breastplate, 292 Nordenskjöld, Baron Nils Adolf
Erik, 54 Novaculite, from Arkansas, 364 Nuttall, Mrs. Zelia, 86
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Oberstein, Germany, gem-cutting at,
54, 218, 219 Obsidian, mirror of Dr, Dee, 196
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