Isidore Kozminsky The Magic & Science of Jewels & Stones (1922)
- Author(s): Isidore Kozminsky
- Category: Jewelry
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Publish year: 1922
- ISBN: 9678000015952
- Number of Pages: 488
Isidore Kozminsky The Magic & Science of Jewels & Stones (1922)
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COVER
PREFACE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I STUDY OF PRECIOUS STONES INEARLY 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
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—lOLITE
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
CHAPTER XXXV THE INEVITABLE LAW OF TRANSMUTATION