Leisure hours among the gemsHamlin, Augustus C. (Augustus Choate)
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Leisure hours among the gems
Hamlin, Augustus C. (Augustus Choate)
Gems; Precious stones
Eastwick’s account of Persian Treasury, 214.
Eleanor of Provence, jewels of, 191.
Electric properties of diamond, 88.
Elf-bolts, 362.
Elphinstone, British Envoy, 212.
Emerald Isle, 301.
Emeralds, 145-283.
abundance of, in Peru, 291.
ancient, 285-291.
at Dresden, 301.
at Florence, 300.
Kandy, 302.
Leiden, 301.
Madrid, 302.
Munich, 301.
Rome, 301.
Vienna, 301.
carved by the Mexicans, 294.
color and composition of, 304, 305, 307, 308, 315.
derivation of name, 290.
engraved by Carlo Costanzi, 302.
found by Maj. Pearse, 304.
given to Hortense, 299.
Napoleon, 299.
imitations of, 321-327.
in times of Queen Elizabeth, 297.
localities of Africa, 331.
Finland, 327.
France, 327.
in ancient times, 330, 331.
Norway, 327.
United States, 309.
Siberia, 328.
South America, 306, 327.
Tyrol, 329.
mentioned by Heliodorus, 285.
Pliny, 285, 287.
of Dhuleep Singh, 301.
Duke of Devonshire, 301.
Charlemagne, 299.
Cortez, 294.
Emperor Jehangir, 302.
French crown, 300.
Mustapha of Tunis, 297.
Pedro II., 11, 145.
Prince of Virianagram, 302.
Princess of Bariatinsky, 304.
Queen of Navarre, 297.
Rudolph II. at Dresden, 298.
Runjeet Singh, 304.
Russia, 298.
Shrine of Loretto, 301.
Sultan of Turkey, 300.
pillage in Mexico and Peru, 296.
of Marshal Junot in Spain, 303.
of Marshal Lannes in Spain, 303.
price of, at various times, 331, 332.
rarity of, 291.
sent by Elizabeth to Henri IV., 299.
supply of, 329.
the Great Mother, 297.
Empress of Austria, gift to the Archduke, 229.
Enamels of the ancients, 215.
Englehardt, 47.
English clergy, magnificence of, 200.
Engraved gems, 14, 288, 289, 320, 351, 418, 424.
abundance of, 421.
Esterhazy, jewels of, 229-232.
F.
Fairs of Armenia, 26.
gems, etc., in Ceylon, 385.
Russia, 386.
Ferishta, historian, 202, 211.
Fêtes of Alexander, 25.
Fitchburg beryls, 313.
Florentine diamond, 227.
Francis I., emerald of, 296.
Franka, Dr. Nello, 65.
Freaks of nature, 79.
French Regalia, 158.
display of, in 1855, 166.
inventory of, in 1791, 159.
in 1810, 162.
in 1849, 162.
stolen, 160.
G.
Garcias, 33.
Gem engraving, 239, 240.
Fair’s of Ceylon, 385.
Fairs of Russia, 386.
mining in Ceylon, 374-378.
Gems as abodes of spirits, 364.
meaning of, 392,
of Palace of Tezcuco, 293.
Genseric, pillage by, 124.
Gifts to Charles V., 295.
Girasole sapphires, 414.
Glass gems, 267.
ancient, 267.
Globular forms of minerals, 385.
petrifactions, 73.
Glorious Masque, pageant of, 193.
Glyptic art, 417.
Godoy, 173.
Gold nuggets, deposition of, 75.
placers, 76.
of Danube, 78.
of Tesino, 78.
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