Raguel, angel, 245 of May, 247 “Rainbow agate,” 377, 378 “Rainbow-disease,” 114 Rain-making stones, 4–7 Arabic, 5 from Karmania, 5 of Africa tribes, 5, 6 of Australian tribes, 6 of Noah, 5 Persian, 5 stone crosses as, 7 Turkish, 4 Raphael, archangel, 243, 245, 250 Raziel, angel, 247 Redi, Francesco, 232 Redondo Beach, Cal., pebbles from, 30, 31 Red-paint People of Maine, 28 Reed, Sir Charles Hercules, vii Reich, David, 192, 199 Religious use of precious stones, 277–312 Renouf, P. Le Page, 319 Revelation, Book of, 243 Rhodonite used for tomb of Nicholas I, 285 as “Easter Stone,” 285 Rivaud, Charles, 375 Roch, St., 259, 267, 276 Rock-crystal, 123, 170, 285, 297, 317 as a rain-stone, 6, 7 Chinese name of, 398 curative use of, 153–157 immense vessels of, 398 “perfect jewel” of Japanese, 345 recommended in law suit by Aristophanes, 397 See also Quartz Roe, Sir Thomas, 301 “Roland’s Foot,” stone at Toufailles, France, 43 Röntgen rays to detect amulets, 358 Rosaries, 202 Hindu, 293 legend of, 293 Rose-quartz, 384 Royal National Museum of Munich, 288 “Royal stone,” from eagle’s head, 13 Rubellite, 384 Ruby, 11, 16, 58, 123, 125, 291, 294, 296, 297, 299, 314, 343, 407 of Pegu, 401 on mummy of Cheops, 279 Mohammedan Atlas stands on, 248 origin of Burmese, 400 stone of Judah, symbolical meaning of, 282 “The Merchant of the,” 400 Rudolph II, Emperor, 208, 215 Rumphius, Georg Eberhard, 18, 238, 244, 392 S Sabaoth, angel, 245 “Sacred shrine” of Cathedral of Chartres, 291 Sacred stone of Kiowa Indians, 44 Sadlier, Rev. Charles, vii Saints’ Days, alphabetical list of, 272–276 _Sâlagrâma_-stone of Hindus, 196–198 emblem of Vishnu, 196 neither Sudra nor Pariah may wear, 198 Sammonicus, Serenus, 326 Sanchoniathon, 81 Santa Casa of Loreto, 186, 267 Santos-Dumont’s loadstone, 264 Sapphire, 11, 16, 31, 58, 119, 123, 124, 125, 284, 285, 287, 290, 291, 294, 299, 304, 330, 336, 343, 407 Bartholomæus Angelicus on, 395 carved, from India, 300 curative use of, 157, 158, 184 in talisman of Charlemagne, 329 of Ceylon, 402 stone of Joseph, symbolical meaning of, 282 test of a, 394 Sarcophagus-stone, 3 Sard, 287 Sardonyx, 123, 291, 372 engraved gem of, 288 Saturninus, St., 252 Sauvageot collection, 291 Scarabs, 320, 321 Schliemann, Heinrich, 323 Schola Salernitana, 120 Schrott, John, 230 _Schwindelstein_ (vertigo-stone), 153 Scipio Africanus, 74 Sebastian, St., 251, 259, 276, 290 Secundus, St., 252, 276 Seiler, Wenzel, alchemist, 15 Seleucia, meteorite of, 81 Semnes, St., 252 Sempronianus, St., 252 Seneca, 82 “Sepher de-Adam Kadmah,” 247 Serpentine, 320, 350 “Serpents’ eggs,” 221–224, 226 Seuerianus, St., 252 _Shahkevheren_, or “King of Jewels,” 68, 69 _Shah-muhra_, Persian magic stone, 13