PHENOMENAL GEMS (GEMS EXHIBITING PHENOMENA) _Frontispiece._ MAHARAJA RUNJIT SINGH, WITH PEARLS AND GEMS 42 CARDINAL FARLEY’S RING,—SAPPHIRE WITH DIAMONDS 104 GEMS FROM THE MORGAN-TIFFANY COLLECTION 107 SELF-PRINTS OF DIAMONDS, SHOWING PHOSPHORESCENCE 170 CROSS, ATTACHED AS PENDANT TO THE CROWN OF THE GOTHIC KING RECCESVINTHUS (649-672 A.D.) 293 DOUBLETONES ROCK-CRYSTAL AMULET SET IN SILVER 10 ROCK-CRYSTAL PLACQUE, ANCIENT MEXICAN 10 NECKLACES FROM EGYPT. FIRST CENTURY 20 MOSAICS OF TURQUOISE AND ENAMELLED CARNELIAN BEADS 26 NECKLACES FROM EGYPT 37 AFRICAN AGATE CHARMS 54 AMBER ORNAMENTS 58 CHALCEDONY VOTIVE CHARM FROM MEXICO 65 CURIOUS ALTAR OF POWALAWA INDIANS OF ARIZONA 65 KABYLE JEWELRY 68 JASPER PENDANT 93 PIECE OF NATURAL LOADSTONE FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES 93 ARAGONITE PENDANT 93 OBSIDIAN MASK, FROM THE FAYOUM, EGYPT 99 TURQUOISE NECKLACE, THIBET 110 PHŒNICIAN SCARAB, WITH ENGRAVED SCORPION 123 ANCIENT BABYLONIAN CYLINDER IMPRESSION, BEARING FIGURES OF THE GOD NEBO AND A WORSHIPPER, AND SYMBOLS OF SUN AND MOON 123 A SMALL JADE CELT ENGRAVED WITH GNOSTIC INSCRIPTIONS IN THE FOURTH CENTURY 123 MOSS AGATE MOCHA STONES, HINDOOSTAN 132 AGATES USED AS VOTIVE CHARMS AND SET IN RINGS 149 ROCK-CRYSTAL BALL PENETRATED BY CRYSTALS OF RUTILE 176 GLASS BALL, PERFORATED AND MOUNTED IN METAL 183 BALL OF JET, PERFORATED AND MOUNTED IN METAL 183 EYE AGATE, SHOWING A NUMBER OF CIRCULAR MARKINGS 183 DR. DEE’S SHEW STONE 190 OBSIDIAN MIRROR, WITH NATIVE TEXTILE STRING 190 ROCK-CRYSTAL SPHERES AND NATURAL CROSS 196 BABYLONIAN CYLINDERS AND PERSIAN BEADS 204 ROCK-CRYSTAL SPHERES WITH JAPANESE MOUNTINGS 209 CRYSTAL BALL, SUPPORTED BY BRONZE DRAGON 217