The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I STUDY OF PRECIOUS STONES IN EARLY TIMES

CHAPTER II THE MOST ANCIENT SCIENCE

CHAPTER III THE EPHOD OF THE HIGH PRIEST

CHAPTER IV THE BREASTPLATE OF JUDGMENT

CHAPTER V INTERPRETATION OF THE BREASTPLATE ACCORDING TO ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

CHAPTER VI THE STONES OF THE BREASTPLATE AND THE ZODIAC

CHAPTER VII OLD LEGENDS

CHAPTER VIII STONES IN VARIOUS MYTHOLOGIES

CHAPTER IX STONES AND THEIR STORIES

CHAPTER X THE GREATEST CHARMS IN THE WORLD

PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS GEMS ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

CHAPTER XI AGATE-AMAZONITE

CHAPTER XII AMBER AZURITE

CHAPTER XIII THE BERYL FAMILY

CHAPTER XIV BALAS CRYSOCOLLA

CHAPTER XV CHRYSOLITE CRYSTAL

CHAPTER XVI THE DIAMOND

CHAPTER XVII SOME FAMOUS AND WONDERFUL DIAMONDS AND THEIR STORIES

CHAPTER XVIII DICHROITE IOLITE

CHAPTER XIX JACINTH LODESTONE

CHAPTER XX MALACHITE NEPHRITE

CHAPTER XXI OBSIDIAN ONYX

CHAPTER XXII THE OPAL

CHAPTER XXIII THE FLAME QUEEN

CHAPTER XXIV VARIOUS KINDS OF OPAL

CHAPTER XXV PEARL

CHAPTER XXVI PEARL

CHAPTER XXVII PERIDOT RUBY

CHAPTER XXVIII RUTILE SAPPHIRE

CHAPTER XXIX SARDONYX SUCCINITE

CHAPTER XXX TITANITE TOPAZ

CHAPTER XXXI TOURMALINE ZIRCON

CHAPTER XXXII STONES IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS

CHAPTER XXXIII FORMS, COMPOSITIONS, CHARACTERISTICS, ZODIACAL CLASSIFICATION, AND PLACES OF ORIGIN

CHAPTER XXXIV GEMS IN HERALDRY, MAGICAL SQUARES OF ABRA MELIN

CHAPTER XXXV THE INEVITABLE LAW OF TRANSMUTATION

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The Great Opal “The Flame Queen”
Kelsey I. Newman Collection

THE MAGIC AND SCIENCE
OF
JEWELS AND STONES

BY
ISIDORE KOZMINSKY
FULLY ILLUSTRATED
39 SPECIMENS IN COLOR AND 22 OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1922
Copyright, 1922, by
G. P. Putnam’s Sons

Made in the United States of America
To My Dear Wife
This Book is
Affectionately Dedicated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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