Shells usually large and heavy and the nacre is white. BANDAS.—Pearls good. Shells are small but heavy and good; black to greenish edge nacre. CEYLON.—Pearls average finest in the world for orient and color. Shells, small and valueless for m. of p. COSTA RICA.—Pearls good average. Shells, medium size, greenish yellow edge. EGYPTIAN (RED SEA).—Pearls good but run yellow. Shells, medium size and nacre has greenish edge. FIJI.—Practically the same as the Bandas. GAMBIER.—Pearls good, many fancy colors. Shells, large, fine nacre with very black edge. HAITI.—Pearls fine, shells good. MANILLA.—(Includes Batjan, Bima, Ceram, Salawatti, Sooloo, etc.) Pearls, good color and orient. Shells, large, good, yellow edge nacre. MERGUIAN ARCHIPELAGO.—Pearls and shells similar to the Manillas. MEXICO AND PANAMA.—Pearls fair; blacks, grays and fancy colors often fine. Shells, medium size: nacre has greenish edge. SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.—Pearls usually fine. Shells generally large, heavy and fine black edge m. of p. VENEZUELA.—Pearls, good luster and color—many fine baroques. Shells: small, beautifully iridescent, but valueless. PEARLS. Hardness, 3.5-4 Sp. Gr., 1.59-1.62 COMPOSITION. Carbonate of Lime 91.72 Organic matter 5.94 Water 2.34 INDEX A Abalone, 92, 170, 199, 244. Acapulco, 203. Advance of price, 277. Aelonians, 93. Alexander, 50. Ancient fisheries, 212. Angel's tears, 315. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 49. Aquila Jewels, 85. Arabian Sea, 49, 51, 201. Aragonite, 167. Aripo, 219. Arkansas, discovery of pearls in, 259. Aroo Islands, 199, 202. Aryans, 64. Atokha, Virgin of, 329. Auris Marina, 246. Aurora Shells, 246. Australia, 201, 249. Avicula fucata, 127. squamulosa, 127, 239. B Bagdad, 213. Bahamas, 95. Bahrein, 212. Ball pearl, 44. Banda Islands, 202. Baroques, 82, 91, 155, 161. Base price, 276. Baskets, 228. Batjan, 200. Bazaruto Islands, 200, 233. Beira, 233. Beresford Hope pearl, 324, 326. Black-Shell, 144. Blister, 92. Blue-point, 268. Bochart, 57. Bones, pearls called, 50, 61. Boss, 140. Breastplate, Jewish High Priest's, 56, 61. Breeding of pearls, 312. Brown pearls, 329. Bull-head, 266. Butterfly, 268. Byssus, 243. C Cacique, 76. Calcospherules, 154. Caligula, 52. Campeche, Gulf of, 241. Cape San Lucas, 242. Cariaco, Gulf of, 238. Castiglione necklace, 84. Catifa, 326. Celebrated Pearls, 324. Ceram, 200. Cestodes, 173. Chank, 15, 98. Charles V., 47. Charlotte Bay, 249. Cheval paar, 221. Chilaw pearl banks, 219. Chiriqui, 237. Chunam, 231. Clammers, 262, 282. Clam pearls, 97.