_Padparasham-gem_ (corundum) of Ceylon, 395 Palladius, 64 Paré, Ambroise, 206, 207 Paris, Matthew, 152 Paris talismans, Gregory of Tours’ account of, 329 Parthenus, St., 251 Pascal, Blaise, amulet of, 337, 338 _Pater de sang_, or “blood-rosary,” 133 Patrick, St., 43, 225 Paul II, Pope, 126 Paul V, Pope, 254 Paul, St., 269, 275 at Malta, 161, 189 Pausanius, 2 “Peace Stone,” 58 Pearls, 20, 120, 124, 126, 127, 277, 280, 291, 294, 299, 300, 304, 305, 330, 341, 380, 387 Arabic theory of genesis of, 388, 394 “cocoanut,” supposed, 391 from Philippines, 391, 392 immense baroque, 392 Mme. Thiers’ necklace of, 389 necklace of, in Persian grave, 324 of nautilus, 391 “powder,” 390 Rumphius on supposed breeding of, 392 story of a luminous, 390 story of, thrown into Venetian canal by pearl-dealer, 393 strange tale of, 388, 389 Peary, Admiral Robert E., 96 “Pebble-mania,” 19, 20 among birds, 20 Pebbles, ornamental, 19–31 worn by Hindus, 37 Penel, angel, 246 Pepper, George H., 352 Peridot (chrysolite), 281 Perkin Warbeck, 401 Perpetua, St., 251, 253 Persian princess, jewels in her grave, 323–325 Pescadero Beach, Cal., pebbles from, 30 Peter, St., 250, 251, 276, 290 Peter’s, St., in Rome, 51 Petrie, Flinders, 317 Petrograd Museum of Natural History, 95 Petrus Hispanus (Pope John XXI), 119 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 32 Philippine pearls, 391, 392 “Philosopher’s Stone,” 14, 16 Phonolite, 2 _Pierre de santé_, 153 _Pierres de foudre_, 94 “_Pierres tourniresses_,” or whirling stones, 39 _Pietre gravide_, or “pregnant stones,” 178 Pilatus Mountain, Lake Lucerne, galactite found on, 4 “Pipestone,” 35 _Piropholos_, stone from heart of a poisoned man, 12 Pitchblende, 129 _Pitdah_, stone of high-priest’s breastplate, 403 Plasma-emerald, 20 Plato’s Phædon, _daimon_, or guardian angel in, 246 Pliny, 3, 32, 52, 62, 80, 82, 129, 137, 146, 169, 170, 172, 173, 188, 196, 221, 222, 224, 226 Plutarch, 80, 82 Pogue, Joseph E., 353 Point Barrow Eskimos, amulets of, 358, 359 Ponce de Leon, 14 Poncet, Charles Jacques, 210 Pontianus, St., 252 “Porcupine-stone,” 184, 185 Precious stones thrown up on coast of Alexandria, Egypt, 321 Procopius, 64 Protus, St., 252 Psellus, 129, 135 Ptolemy the Geographer, 382 _Pwdre ser_, “star-rot,” 104–106 Pyrite, curative use of, 153 Q Quartz, 324 for labrets and for nose-jewels in Africa, 398, 399 from Indian mounds, 26 from Lake George, 26 from Yucatan, 26 of large size, from North Carolina, 26 rutilated, 32 used by Araucarian medicine-women, 351 with inclusions, 30–34 Quartz pebbles, 19 _sqq._ in Indian skeleton’s hand, 28 in prehistoric graves, 24 polished by water or glacial action, 21, 22 with inclusions, 29, 30 Quirinius, St., 267 R Radium, 129