Gems and Precious Stones - Index

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PAGE Georgia corundum....... 44 Georgia diamonds....... 21 Gey sentes.............. 146 Gibson ville emerald..... 126 Girasol................ 287 Gold quartz___117, 119, 126 Gold quartz, artificial___ 119 Gold quartz, rose....... 118 Goshenite.............. 95 Göthite.........107, 126, 163 Grinding and polishing.. 304 Grossularite..........79, 261 Grossularite, analysis of.. 84 Haliotis............. 236 Hamilton College collection..............77, 326 Hamlin, A. C, collection, 73, 94, 148, 288, 325 Hampden Emery Co .... 45 Harlequin opal......... 287 Heliotrope.....108, 135, 265 Hematite...........192, 269 Hercynite, analysis of.... 52 Hiddenite spodumenes, 88, 89............... 147 History of American pearls............... 240 Hope, H. P.,collection, 73, 296 Hornblende in quartz___ 125 Hornstone.............. 266 Household decoration, use of minerals in........ 328 Humboldt celt.......... 279 Hyacinth-----78, 79, 103, 259 Hyaline quartz......... 107 Hyalite............145, 288 Hydrolites.............. 131 Hydrophane........... 144 ICTHYOPHTHALMITE..... 271 Idaho diamonds (?)...... 30 Idocrase.......155, 261, 269 Ilmenite................ 271 Evaite.......:......... 270 Imperial Mineralogical Cabinet, Vienna,... 72, 327 Imports of diamonds .... 313 Imports of precious stones, tables of..........314, 315 Inclusions, quartz....... 124 Indian pipes............ 208 Indicolite........73, 75, 126 International carat...... 14 lolite..............159, 277 Isopyre............... 178 Jacinth............... 103 Jade, 172, 173, 266, 277, 306................. 3²7 Jade collections......... 327 Jade objects from Alaska, analyses of........... 173 Jadeite, 153, 172, 173, 276, 277............ 286 Jadeite adze............ 278 Jadeite breastplate...... 280 Jadeite mask........... 281	PAGE Jadeite, origin of........ 283 Jadeite ornaments....... 279 Jargon................ 103 Jasper, 108, 123, 133,134, 135. 137. 265. 276, 287, 305 Jasper, agate........... 107 Jasper, Egyptian........ 108 Jasper, porcelain........ 105 Jasper, Sioux Falls...... 123 Jefferis, W. W., collection......47, 135, 195, 327 Jet................203, 273 Jewel, definition of...... 311 Johns Hopkins collection 170................. 326 Kentucky, diamond field of South.......15, 31, 32 Kieselsinter............. 146 King's College (N. S.) Collection............ 273 Kjoekkenmoeddings..... 248 Knives of obsidian....... 298 Kotchubeite............ 86 Kunz collection in Albany 116 Labradorite, Labrador spar___163, 164, 165, 267 Labradorite, analyses of.. 165 Lake George diamonds, so called .. 109, no Lake Superior amethyst. 115 Lapidarian work, literature of aboriginal......309 Lapidarian work in North America, aboriginal... 303 Lapis lazuli............ 160 Largest beryls in the world................ 90 Lazulite............191, 270 Lea collection ... .47, 53, 322 Lechosos opals,......287, 291 Leidy, Joseph, collection ...........37, 47, 322 Lennilite............... 162 Leopardite............. 167 Lepidolite.............. 159 Leyden plate........... 279 Lintonite.......180,181, 271 Literature of aboriginal lapidarian work.......309 Lithia emerald spodumene 147 Localities of agate... 128, 264 Localities of almandine garnet.........81, 82, 260 Localities of amethyst 113, 262 Localities of aquamarine...............93, 95 Localities of beryl....... 87 Localities of catlinite. 205, 206 Localities of euclase..... 100 Localities of essonite.. 79, 261 Localities of gold quartz.. 118 Localities of opal.....142, 288 Localities of peridot...... 101 Localities of pyrope garnet.................. 80	PAGE Localities of phenacite... 98 Localities of smoky quartz 116 Localities of tourmaline, 71 260 Localities of topaz....... 67 Localities of turquoise.... 54 Localities of zircon... 103, 259 Lodestone.............. 192 Los Cerrillos Mines...... 56 Lower California, pearl fisheries in........... 218 Lydian touch-stone... 107, 135 Lynde, M. T., collection 93. 181.............. 302 McGiix College collection.........267, 273, 328 Macie.............175, 269 Magic stone............ 144 Mahogany, mountain, 168, 169 Making of arrows ... 306, 307 Malachite..........195, 273 Malachite, analyses of... 196 Marble, Tecali..........283 Marcasite.............. 199 Marekanite.........168, 299 Marriott Mound, Unio pearls in.............227 Marsh, O. C, collection.............273, 308 Mask, Jadeite........... 281 Mask, turquoise......... 65 Mazarin diamonds...... 311 Meerschaum........... 189 Melanite, analysis of..... 85 Melanite or black garnet,83 261 Menaccanite............ 194 Method of extracting pearls in Saxony..... 232 Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection, 286,323, 324 Mexican onyx.......... 300 Mexican regard for turquoise.............. 62 Mexico................ 275 Microcline___......... 267 Microlite...........167, 189 Microlite, analyses of___189 Milk quartz___107, 125, 262 Millerite............... 261 Minerals that yield the cat's-eye effect........204 Mirror of obsidian....... 299 Mirror of pyrite......... 300 Moldavite.............. 168 Monazite..............271 Montana diamond (?)..... 31 Montana sapphire....... 48 Moonstone.....162, 163, 268 Moonstone, Ceylonese ... 167 Morion............107, 262 Mosaics of turquoise..... 63 Mosaic agate........... 301 Moss agate, 131, 132, 133, 265 Moss opal.............. 144 Mountain mahogany, 168, 169 Mount Chalchihuitl...... 55 Midler's glass.......145, 288

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