Serpentine, 108, 121, 122, 229, 252, 291, 298 Sex in gems, 40, 41, 42, 72 Shakespeare in “Twelfth Night” of opal, 150 Shamash, Assyrian sun-god, 233 _Shamir_ (emery), 278, 294 Sheard, Virna, 12 _Shebo_, stone of breastplate, 296 Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 13 Siam, King of, luminous carbuncles of, 62 Siegstein, or “Victory Stone,” 106 Signorelli, Luca, 390 Simeon, 289, 291 Sin, Assyrian moon-god, 92 Sindbad the Sailor and diamonds, 75 “Sleeping-stone,” 163, 164 _Smaragdus_ (emerald), 291 Sodalite, gem of Canada, 363 Solomon, King, precious stones of, 78 Sophia, St., in Constantinople, 266, 283 Sophocles, 56 Soudan, agate amulets in the, 54 Sources, literary, 13-18 Spartianus, 178 _Specularii_, 183, 184 “Speculum lapidum” of Camillo Leonardo, 18 Spener, John Jacob, 159 Spessartite, from Virginia, 366 Sphalerite, 171 Spinel, 10, 102 therapeutic effect of, 370 Spodumene, 48 Star-ruby, 334 Star-sapphire, 8, 106, 107 in sword-hilt of King of Greece, 334 Staurolite Fairy Stones, plate Staurolite, religious symbolism of, 271 Steatite, 265 Stone Age, amber in deposits of, 55 idols of, 23 “Stone of Destiny,” 107 “Stone of Forgetfulness,” 35 “Stone of Hate,” 35 “Stone of Love,” 35 “Stone of Memory,” 35 “Stones of Power” in Scottish regalia, 183 Stones with natural images, 266-269 _Storchstein_, 162 Suetonius, 341 Sumerian magic formula, 35 Sunstone, 366 Superstition, v, 1-5, 8, 9 Swastika emblem, 135, 265 Sylvester, St., stone, 258 Sympathy and antipathy, doctrine of, 24 T Tabari, 286 Tagore, Rajah Sir Sourindro Mohun, viii Takowaya, Russia, alexandrite found in the, 54 Talismanic gems, 1, 42, 52, 124, 322 girdle of Catharine de’ Medici set with, 317 of the hours, 337 of the months, 326-331 of the week, 332, 333 Talismans, etymology of word, 23 from New Caledonia, 23 of jade favored by Mohammedans, 246 see _amulet_, and separate stones temple gifts as, 241 Talmud, 71, 73, 275, 306, 377 Tamerlane, ruthlessness of, 32 _Tarshish_, stone of breastplate, 297, 298 Taurus, zodiacal sign, 341, 342, 343, 346, 353, 354 Tavernier, Jean Baptiste, 260 Taw Sien Ko, vii “Tecalco onyx,” 252 Teifashi, Ahmed, 75, 104, 158, 381 Tempe, Arizona, turquoise in ruins of Los Muertos near, 112 Tetragrammaton, 182 Thayngen, Switzerland, jet of, 91 Theophrastus, 290, 293, 299, 370 Thomas, N. W., 180 Thomsonite, 365 Thoth, 16 Thothmes II, talisman of, 120 Tiberius, 342 Tiffany, Charles L., 172 Tiffany & Co., 172 Tiffany Collection, 106, 219 Titus, 283, 289 Topaz, 40, 133, 238, 242, 243, 244, 245, 291, 297, 298, 303, 305, 313, 344 as symbol of St. Matthew, 312 gem of Sagittarius, 347 in breastplate, 276 therapeutic effect of, 372, 389 Topazos, island of, 67