SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 Bulletin 118 



HANDBOOK AND 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE 



COLLECTIONS OF GEMS AND PRECIOUS 



STONES IN THE UNITED STATES 



NATIONAL MUSEUM 



BY 



GEORGE P. MERRILL 



Head Curator of Geology, United States National Muscu, 



ASSISTED BY 

 MARGARET W. MOODEY and EDGAR T. WHERRY 





WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



