Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variationsin hyphenation and ligatures have been standardised but all otherspelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
Chapter and some section headings, together with dropped capitals areprinted in a black-letter font in the original. This has not been replicated.
Huntilite, in the index, possibly refers to Heliolite in the text,but it is not clear which is intended.
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
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From the J. P. Morgan Collection,
American Museum of Natural History, New York
The Curious Lore of
Precious Stones
BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR SENTIMENTSAND FOLK LORE, SUPERSTITIONS,SYMBOLISM, MYSTICISM, USE IN MEDICINE,PROTECTION, PREVENTION, RELIGION, ANDDIVINATION. CRYSTAL GAZING, BIRTH-STONES,LUCKY STONES AND TALISMANS,ASTRAL, ZODIACAL, AND PLANETARY
BY
GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ
A.M., Ph.D., D.Sc.
WITH 86 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR, DOUBLETONE AND LINE
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COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
SIXTH IMPRESSION
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