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 Curutoi of Geology, United States National Museum 



ASSISTED BY 

 MARGARET \V. MUODEY and EDGAR T. WHERRY 





WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1922 



