Shrine of Thomas à Becket, 199. Siberian beryls, 313-315. Silicified trees, 347. Sinan Pasha, jewels of, 117. Sir Stamford Raffles, 36, 218. Smith, J. Laurence, discovers Hiddenite, 310. Sokolli, gems of, 117. Sorel, Agnes, necklace of, 177. Soujah and the Kohinoor, 207. Spanish Conquest of Mexico and Peru, 292. Specific gravity of diamonds, 87. emerald, 308. opal, 336. sapphire, 387. Spiritual properties of gems, 104. St. Chapelle of Paris, 127, 128. St. Laurent, views of, 239. St. Mark’s Palace, 127, 130. St. Melania, 121. St. Sophia, mosque of, 129. Stamboul, 130. Star of the South, 41, 223. Stewart diamond, 55. Sultan of Mattan diamond, 36. Sumnat, idol and temple of, 209, 220. Superstitious fancies about gems, 362. Suvaroff gems, 98, 144, 156. Sword of Solyman, 107. Symes’s visit to Ava, 217. Symes’s, Col., visit to Burmah, 401. T. Table of Solomon, 326. Taj Mahal, palace tomb, 218, 219, 408. Talasca, standard of, 293. Tavernier, the traveller, 27, 30, 34, 66, 67, 150, 154, 163, 182, 202, 203, 205, 213, 227, 238, 246, 251, 272, 387, 404, 406. Telesie, a name proposed by Abbé Haüy, 371. Tennant, Prof., 40, 179. Theophrastus, 25, 368. Thiers, Madame, necklace of, 178. Throne of Nadir Shah, 107. Russia, 140. Throne of Takdis, 23. Turkey, 107. Timour, Fêtes of, 114. spoils of, 114, 186. Tiridates and the Parthian nobles, 120. march to Rome, 121. Titus and the spoils of Jerusalem, 124. Tomb of Mahomet, 409. Topaz, 95, 98, 145, 425. Tourmaline, 97, 99, 145, 310, 326, 408, 425, 427. tongs, 260. Tournament of the cloth of gold, 192. Townley collection of gems, 288. Treasury of the Seraglio, 107, 118. Troitza, treasury of, 147. Tschudi, Prof., 86. Turkish casket of jewels, 106. Turquoise of Mexico, 292. Persia, 216. U. Ural Mountains, 47. V. Vaal region diamond fields, 62. Value of gems in 15th century, 270. Vaux, mineral collection of, 317. Veil of Kunderas, 409. Venice, a gem mart, 270. Verneuil’s views of diamond, 43. Volo, plain of, in Poland, 134. Voysey’s views of diamond, 37, 74. W. Wallerius, views of, 290, 370, 371. Walpole, Horace, 195. Weight of large diamonds, 247. Werner collection of gems, 102. Wilson, Dr., descriptions of the Kohinoor, 207. Winter Palace, collection in, 142. Wollaston, Prof., 245. Wooden-spoon seller’s sapphire, 395. Wright’s discovery of opal mines, 345, 346. Y. Yellow diamond of Austria, 227. sapphires, 410, 411. Yriarte, history of Venice, etc., 128. Z. Zenobia, captivity of, 120. Zircon, 91, 93, 96, 255, 427. Transcriber’s Notes Errors in punctuation and accentuation have been fixed. Page 140: “Boras Godunoff” changed to “Boris Godunoff”