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Ch. 10: Gemstone Facts

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Afrg«n, great name of God, on rain-stone, 5
Abarchiel, angel of March, 248
Abbott, Charles E., vii
Abdos, St., 252
Abenzoar, 136
Abracadabra charm, 326, 327
Abraham, 86
Abrantês, Duchesse d', 295
Acontus, St., 252
Acosta, Jose de, 210
Acrostics in jewels, 375
Actinolite, 2Θ
Acta of the Apostles in burning of Ephesian magic books, 325
Adair, 107
Adlerttem, 193
JSgospotami, meteor of, 79, 80
JSpinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor, 64
ältites, 20, 124, 173-178
names of, in various languages, 175
JEtius, 174
Agapitus, St., 252
Agate, 30, 31, 291, 317, 324 amulets of, in Spain, 368 as Anglo-Saxon talisman, 331 banded, stone of Benjamin, sym­bolical meaning of, 283 curative use of, 129 dog's head amulet of, from Mex­ico, 351 "eye-," 316
idol of red, in Kaabah, 84 pebbles of, with natural mark­ings, 377 " rainbow agate," 377, 378
Agatha, St., 257, 272
Agincourt, battle of, 259
" Ahnighito," great Cape York meteor­ite, 97
Alban, St., stone in Abbey of, 151-153
Al-Beruni's statement of prices of precious stones in eleventh century, 403
Alcathoue, 2
Alchemist's gold, 14, 16
medallion transmuted into, 15 medal made from, 15,18
Alchemy, 14-16
Alectorius, 20, 119, 160, 179, 180, 181 Alexander the Great, 299, 322, 324, 378 wonderful stones found by, 70 Alexandra, Queen, talisman of, 362 Allen, Edward Heron, 116 Amazon stones, 143, 148, 304, 320
symbol of Suffrage Party, 374 Amber, 60-64, 297, 343, 345, 358 account of, by Tacitus, 60 beads, 61-63 bulls of Romans, 60 crucifix of yellow, 295 curative power of, 62 electrical property of, 63 hair, 61
necklace of, as aid to longevity, 03 oil of, 64 Ambergris, 185, 186 Ambrose, St., 243, 272 American Polk Lore Society's ex­hibit in Chicago, 190, 191, 352 American Museum of Natural His­tory, 32, 34, 96, 99 Amethyst, 58, 123, 296, 330, 335
engraved, in Egyptian amulets,
280 necklace of, ancient Egyptian,
317 stone of Ban, symbolical mean­ing of, 283 Amitabha, emanation of Adi-Buddha, coral statuette of, in Royal Chapel at Lhasa, Tibet, 303 Amulets and talismans, 313-376 Abracadabra, 326, 327 against Evil Eye, 345-347 Babylonian, 314, 315 Chinese jade wands as, 385 detected by Röntgen rays, 358 Egyptian necklace of, 317 Egyptian, with engraved ame­thyst, 280 encircled with elephant's hair,
375 explanations of influence of. 313,
314 for animal», 360
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