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Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Sciences, 32 Philippine pearls, 391, 392 "Philosopher's Stone," 14, 16 Phonolite, 2 Pierre de santé, 153 Pierres de foudre, 94 "Pierres tourniresses," or whirling
stones, 39 Pietre gravide, or " pregnant stones,"
178 Pilatus Mountain, Lake Lucerne,
galactite found on, 4 "Pipestone," 35 Piropholos, stone from heart of a
poisoned man, 12 Pitchblende, 129
Pitdah, stone of highpriest's breastplate, 4D3 Plasma-emerald, 20 Plato's Phsedon, daimon, or guardian
angel in, 246 Pliny, 3, 32, 52, 62, 80, 82, 129, 137,
146, 169, 170, 172, 173, 188, 196,
221, 222, 224, 226 Plutarch, 80, 82 Pogue, Joseph E., 353 Point Barrow Eskimos, amulets of,
358,
359 Ponce de Leon, 14 Poncet, Charles Jacques, 210 Pontianus, St., 252
"Porcupine-stone," 184, 185 Precious stones thrown up on coast
of Alexandria, Egypt, 321 Procopius, 64 Protus, St., 252 Psellus, 129, 135 Ptolemy the Geographer, 382 Pvodre ser, "star-rot," 104-106 Pyrite, curative use of, 153
Q Quartz, 324
for labrets and for nose-jewels in Africa, 398(, 399
from Indian mounds, 26
from Lake George, 26
from Yucatan, 26
of large size, from North Carolina, 26
rutilated, 32
used by Araucarian medicine-women, 351
with inclusions, 30-34
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Quartz pebbles, 19 sqq.
in Indian skeleton's hand, 28 in prehistoric graves, 24 polished by water or glacial
action, 21, 22 with inclusions, 29, 30
Quirinus, St., 267
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Radium, 129 Raguel, angel, 245
of May, 247 "Rainbow agate," 377, 378 "Rainbow disease," 114 Rain-making stones, 4-7
Arabic, 5
from Karmania, 5
of Africa tribes, 5, 6
of Australian tribes, 6
of Noah, 5
Persian, 5
stone crosses as, 7
Turkish, 4 Raphael, archangel, 243, 245, 250 Raziel, angel, 247 Redi, Francesco, 232 Redondo Beach, Cal., pebbles from,
30,
31 Red-paint People of Maine, 28 Reed, Sir Charles Hercules, vii Reich,
David, 192, 199 Religious use of precious stones,
277-312 Renouf, P. Le Page, 319 Revelation, Book of, 243 Rhodonite used for tomb of Nicholas I, 285
as "Easter Stone," 285 Rivaud, Charles, 375 Roch, St., 259, 267, 276 Rock-crystal, 123, 170, 285, 297, 317
as a rain-stone 6, 7
Chinese name of, 398
curative use of, 153-157
immense vessels of, 398
"perfect jewel" of Japanese, 345
recommended in law suit by Aristophanes, 397
See also Quartz Roe, Sir Thomas, 301 " Roland's Foot," stone at Tout ailles,
France, 43 Röntgen rays to detect amulets, 358
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