INDEX 



Adamantine gold, 38. 



Aelian, 59. 



Agtites, 9. 



Agastimata, 42, 48. 



Agathyrsi, diamond in country of, 53. 



Ajasson, 45, 67. 



Akfanl, 27, 34, 41. 



Albertus Magnus, 24. 



Alexander, Romance of, 10, 11, 14, 45, 

 58. 



Almas, Arabic designation of the dia- 

 mond, 32, 34, 42, 46. 



Ammianus, 53. 



Apollonius, on diamond, 24. 



Armenian version of legend of Diamond 

 Valley, 14. 



Arthacastra, on diamond, 16, 48. 



Asbestos, 28, 33, 39, 40. 



Astrion, 57. 



Augustinus, 16, 24. 



Ausfeld, A., 10, 11, 45, 58. 



Ball, V., 15, 48. 



Bauer, M., 37, 47, 48, 49, 54, 64. 



Beckmann, J., 28, 47, 62. 



Benjamin of Tudela, II. 



Berquen, L. van, alleged inventor of 



diamond-polishing, 49. 

 Berthelot, M., 26, 61, 64. 

 al-Berunl, 41. 

 Biot, E., 21. 

 Biscia, A. R., 13, 27. 

 Blumner, H., 24, 36, 44, 47, 53, 57, 62. 

 Boll, P., 24. 

 Boot de, 41, 61. 

 Borneo, diamonds of, 54. 

 Boutan, M. E., monograph on diamond, 



54- 

 Boyle, R., 64, 65. 

 Buddha, associated with the diamond, 



17, 25 ; diamond passed as his tooth, 30. 



California, diamonds of, 37. 



Callaina, 15. 



Cambodja, see Fu-nan. 



Carbuncle, in the legend of Diamond 

 Valley, 14, note 2; 44, 60; luminous at 

 night, 61 ; 64. 



Chaff ant, F. H., on diamonds of Shan- 

 tung, 5. 



Champa, diamond-rings from, 54. 



Chang Hua, 68. 



Ch'ang T6, 13. 



Chao Ju-kua, on diamonds of India, 22, 

 54; 63. 



Chavannes, E., 8, 18, 22, 25, 30, 31, 33, 

 39, 40, 56, 57, 58, 61. 



Chou K'u-fei, 21. 



Chou Mi, 12, 42, 51. 



Cintamani, 22, 69. 



Conti, N., 14. 



Coral, luminous at night, 71. 



Cosmas, 62. 



Crooke, W„ 16, 41. 



Curtius, 23, 44. 



Cut diamonds, unknown in classical 

 antiquity, India, and China, 46-50; 

 imported into China from India and 

 Europe, 6 note; introduced into 

 India and China by Portuguese, 48, 

 50. 



Dana, E. S., 43. 

 Dante, 18. 



Diamond-point, 27, 28-35. 

 Diamond-sand, from Tibet, 15; regarded 



as poisonous in India, 41. 

 Diamond-Seat, of Buddha, 17, 18. 

 Diamond throne, in Dante, 18. 

 Diamonds, of Shan-tung, 5; of India, 16, 



44; in Iran, 53; of Java, 54; of Borneo, 



54- 

 Dionysius Periegetes, 44, 53, 58. 

 Dioscorides, 23, 26, 32, 44. 

 Duval, R., 26. 



Eagle-stone, 9. 



Edrlsl, 13. 



Electric phenomena, known to Chinese, 



68. 

 Elysaeus, legend of Diamond Valley by, 



14 note 2. 

 Emerald, 57, 62, 64, 70. 

 Emery, 12, 44, 50; of China, mentioned 



by Arabs, 51. 

 Epiphanius, 9, 10, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21. 

 Ethiopia, diamonds in, 45. 



Faber, E., 28, 29, 33. 



Fang I-chi, 12, 70. 



Farnngton, O. C., 23, 37, 63. 



Fauvel, on Chinese diamonds, 5. 



Ferrand, G., 51. 



Finot, L., 16, 17, 22, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 



49- 



Fire, does not affect diamond, 23, 38. 

 Fish-eyes, employed as pearls, 69. 

 Fluor-spar, known to Chinese, 21, 36; 



not known to the ancients, 62. 

 Forke, A., 29, 33, 60, 68. 



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