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Antidotahio Die FUA I). I)'K. 



Napoli (Naples), 16H9. 



A treatise on pharmacy, containinj; a few accounts of the virtues of gems. 

 Argexvili.e. Traite (le rOryctologie. 



Pariy, 1740. 

 Argenville (A. J. I). 1)'). De I'Histcjrie Naturelle eclaircie dans deux de ses 

 parties principales: la Lithologie et la Conchologie. 



Paris, 1742. 

 Aristotle. His works, especialh' the "Meteorology" and "AVonderful tilings 

 heard of." 



Aristotle was bom about 384 B. C, and died about 322 B. C. 

 . Lapidarius. 



[De novo Gryeco translatus, Lucas Brandis.] Regia Mersbourg (Merseburg), 

 1473. 

 AviCENNA (ABou-AiJ-ALnussEiN-BEN-ADLOULAii). Cauoues Medicinse. 



[Lat. reddit.] Ven. (Venice), 1843. 



Contains material relating to the medicinal and magical virtues of gems. 

 Babington (Charles). A systematic arrangement of minerals, their chemical, 

 physical, and external characters. 



London, 1795. 

 Bacci (Andr.e). Le XII Pietre preziose. 



Roma (Rome), 1587. 

 . De Gemniis et Lapidibus jiretiosis, tractatus ex Ital. Lingua Lat. red. 



Francof. (Frankfurt), 1605. 

 . De Gemmis ae Lapidibus pretiosis in 8. Scriptura. 



Roma (Rome), 1577; 8°, Franc. (Frankfurt), 1628. 

 Bacon (Roger). Opera Quaedam hactenus inedita. 



[Edited by J. S. Brewer.] London, 1859. 



The appendix — Epistola . . . de secretis operibus artis et natura? — contains 

 some material relating to the magical and alchemical virtues of certain gems. 

 Baxl ( V. ) . On the occurrence of diamonds in India. 



[In Geology of India, 3 vols., pp. 1-50, 1881.] 

 . On the mode of occurrence and distribution of diamonds in India. 



[In Proc. R. Dublin Soc, II, p. 551; also Jour. R. Geol. Soc. Ireland, VI, j). 10.] 

 . On the geology of the Mahanadi basin and its vicinity. 



[In Records of the Geological Survey of India, X, p. 167: map.] 

 . A manual of the geology of India. 



Calcutta, 1881. 



■ . On the identification of certain diamond mines in India which were known 



and worked by the ancients, especially those visited by Tavernier. With 

 a note on the history of the Koh-i-nur. 



[In Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, L, 1881, p. 31; Report British 

 Association for 1882, p. 625; and Nature, XXIII, p. 490, 1882.] 

 . On the diamonds, etc., of the Sand)alpiir district. 



[In Records of the Geological Survey of India, X, p. 186: map.] 

 Bapst (G. ). Les joyaux de la couronne. 



[In Reveu des Deux Mondes, 1886, p. 861.] 

 Barbot (Ch.). Traite complet des pierres pr^cieused. 



Paris, 1858. 

 Barrera (Mme. de). Gems and jewels. 



London, 1860, 

 Bauer (Max). Edelsteui kunde. 



Leipzig, 1896. 

 Baumer (J. W. ). Historia Naturalias La])idum i)reciosorum omnium, etc. 



Franc. (Frankfurt), 1771. 



