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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
XXXV.— THE INEVITABLE LAW OF TRANSMUTATION 431
ILLUSTRATIONS
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THE GREAT OPAL—THE FLAME QUEEN (In colour) Frontispiece
Kelsey I. Newman Collection.
RARE OPALS (In colour) 40
Kelsey I. Newman Collection.
HIEROGLYPHICS 55
A PERFECT SPECIMEN OF THE ENGLISH GOLD NOBLE (1344) 96
In the Kelsey I. Newman Collection. Traditionally stated to have been made from Alchemical Gold.
LARGE SCARAB 106
William Howat Collection.
RARE SCARAB OF RAMESES II—A FAMOUS PHARAOH OF THE BIBLE 106
Mrs. C. G. King’s Collection.
RARE ANTIQUE SCARAB OF BLACK JASPER 106
Talismanic Charm—Mercury, Guardian of Sailors.
Mrs. C. G. King’s Collection.
TABELLÆ CORELLATÆ 177
GAZING CRYSTAL ON DRAGON STAND 180
Presented to the Author by the late Judge Casey of Victoria, Australia.
HOROSCOPE OF KRUGER 198
HOROSCOPE OF ISABELLA II 199
HOROSCOPE OF NICHOLAS II 208
HOROSCOPE OF JAMES II 212
“INSPIRATION” 262
Marble group in Central Hall, Art Institute, Chicago. Signed—Kathleen Beverly Robinson. Memorial to Florence Jane Adams. Presented by Friends and Pupils of Mrs. Adams, 1915.
By Kind Permission of The Art Institute of Chicago.
ANTIQUE MOSS AGATE PATCH BOX 268
Mrs. W. R. Furlong’s Collection.
MOSS AGATE BASKET 268
William Howat Collection.
OLD MAIORI CHARM OF GREENSTONE KNOWN AS HEI TIKI 274
VENUS, CUPID, AND THE GRACES—A SARDONYX CAMEO BY CERBARA 284
Newton Robinson Collection.
Sold at Christie’s, London, in 1909.
THE ARGONAUTS CONSULTING HYGIEA 284
Large and Rare Cameo.
Kelsey I. Newman Collection.
OPALS OF WONDERFUL COLOUR (In colour) 288
Kelsey I. Newman Collection.
HOROSCOPE OF ALFONZO XII 297
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE GREAT OPAL—THE FLAME QUEEN (In colour) 300
Kelsey I. Newman Collection.
SMALL NECKLET OF PERFECT ORIENTAL PEARLS 310
Kelsey I. Newman Collection.
HOROSCOPE OF MARY OF SCOTLAND 318
HOROSCOPE OF ELIZABETH OF ENGLAND 319
HOROSCOPE OF HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND 349
BEAUTIFUL COLOUR GEMS (In colour) 360
Kelsey I. Newman Collection.
SPECIMEN OF ROUGH TURQUOISE (In colour) 390
Victoria, Australia
HOROSCOPE OF SHAKESPEARE 402
The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones