EDWIN ARNOLD—“The Light of Asia.” CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I.— STUDY OF PRECIOUS STONES IN EARLY TIMES 3 II.— THE MOST ANCIENT SCIENCE 6 III.— THE EPHOD OF THE HIGH PRIEST 9 IV.— THE BREASTPLATE OF JUDGMENT 12 V.— INTERPRETATION OF THE BREASTPLATE ACCORDING TO ANCIENT 18 PHILOSOPHY VI.— THE STONES OF THE BREASTPLATE AND THE ZODIAC 57 VII.— OLD LEGENDS 61 VIII.— STONES IN VARIOUS MYTHOLOGIES 72 IX.— STONES AND THEIR STORIES 83 X.— THE GREATEST CHARMS IN THE WORLD 104 PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS GEMS ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER XI.— AGATE-AMAZONITE 111 XII.— AMBER-AZURITE 121 XIII.— THE BERYL FAMILY 137 XIV.— BALAS-CRYSOCOLLA 151 XV.— CHRYSOLITE-CRYSTAL 166 XVI.— THE DIAMOND 184 XVII.— SOME FAMOUS AND WONDERFUL DIAMONDS AND THEIR STORIES 204 XVIII.— DICHROITE-IOLITE 226 XIX.— JACINTH-LODESTONE 242 XX.— MALACHITE-NEPHRITE 260 XXI.— OBSIDIAN-ONYX 276 XXII.— THE OPAL 286 THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN OPAL XXIII.— THE FLAME QUEEN 300 XXIV.— VARIOUS KINDS OF OPAL 302 XXV.— PEARL 307 XXVI.— PEARL 322 XXVII.— PERIDOT-RUBY 333 XXVIII.— RUTILE-SAPPHIRE 351 XXIX.— SARDONYX-SUCCINITE 362 XXX.— TITANITE-TOPAZ 374 XXXI.— TOURMALINE-ZIRCON 382 XXXII.— STONES IN SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS 396 XXXIII.— FORMS, COMPOSITIONS, CHARACTERISTICS, ZODIACAL 412 CLASSIFICATION, AND PLACES OF ORIGIN XXXIV.— GEMS IN HERALDRY, MAGICAL SQUARES OF ABRA MELIN THE 420 MAGE, CHARUBEL’S GEM INFLUENCES, GEMS OF COUNTRIES