Illustrations
Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition
Kunz, George Frederick
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Model of a Hindu Lady, Illustrating the Mode of Wearing Jewelry in North India
Frontispiece.
Jade Bell of the K’ien-lung Period (1731–1795)
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1, 1½. Emerald that Belonged to the Deposed Sultan of Turkey. 2. Almandite Garnet. 3. Sardonyx Idol-eye of a Babylonian Bull. 4. Aquamarine Seal
159
Illustrating Precious Stones and Minerals Used for Seals in Ancient Assyria and Babylonia
242
Perforated Jade Disk CalledTs’ang Pi, a Chinese Symbol of the Deity Heaven (T’ien)
302
Turquoise Incrusted Objects, Probably Amulets, Found at Pueblo Bonito, New Mexico
353
Hilt of Jewelled Sword Given by the Greeks of the United States on Easter Day, 1913, to the Crown Prince of Greece, Later King Constantine XII
370
DOUBLETONES
Indian Medicine-men
18
Chalcedony and Agate Pebbles from Pescadero Beach, San Mateo County, California
30
Pebble Beach, Redondo, Los Angeles County, California
30
Hindu Wearing a Collection of Ancestral Pebbles as Amulets
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Killing a Dragon to Extract Its Precious Stone
45
Naturally Marked Stone
45
A Simple Apparatus for Illustrating the Electric Properties of the Tourmaline
54
Necklace of Faceted Amber Beads
63
Vignette from the “Lapidario de Alfonso X, Codice Original”
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The “Madonna Di Foligno,” by Raphael
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The Kaaba at Mecca
84
“Ahnighito,” the Great Cape York Meteorite, Weighing More than 36½ Tons