GEMS

(See also Jewelry; Jewels; individual stones by name)

birthstones: w67 576; g61 11/22 18-19

care for: g80 7/8 26

cutting and polishing: g80 7/8 24-25

discussion: g83 6/8 26-27; g80 7/8 24-26; g79 7/8 20-23; ad 934-935

finding your own: g79 7/8 23

forms of gem crystals (illustrated): g79 7/8 22

hardness: g80 7/8 25

religious use: g55 9/8 17-19

symbolic: w69 661-662; fm 10; g62 8/22 23; w58 681; yw 13-14; v-1 189

youth who found a bag of: g84 1/8 30

List by Name

agate: ad 40

amber: g67 11/22 26

amethyst: g79 7/8 23; ad 65

aquamarine: g80 7/8 25-26

beryl: ad 217

chalcedony: ad 305

chrysolite: ad 348-349

chrysoprase: ad 349

citrine: g80 7/8 26

diamond: g85 9/22 11-13; g83 6/8 27; g80 7/8 26; g79 7/8 20-22; g78 11/8 30; g74 7/22 24-26; g72 5/8 31; g72 7/8 29; ad 448-449; g69 3/8 20-23; g69 9/22 22; g68 8/22 30; g67 12/8 30-31; g65 3/8 19; g63 5/22 29; g62 8/22 21-22; g61 2/8 31; g61 11/22 18; g58 5/22 21-23; g53 7/8 22; g53 9/22 19; g48 12/8 14-15; g39 5/3 8; g33 2/15 306

artificial: g77 10/22 31

effect on, when under extreme pressure: g78 6/8 30

‘finest in world’: g79 2/8 30

emerald: g79 7/8 22; ad 517; g62 8/22 21-22

hyacinth: ad 806

jade: g79 7/8 23; g78 1/22 25-26; ad 865; g70 3/22 9-12

jasper: ad 871-872

onyx: ad 1255

opal: g79 7/8 23; g78 3/8 24-25

pearl: g74 9/8 24-26; ad 1281; w67 393; g55 1/22 21-23; g51 6/8 6-7

rubellite: g78 9/8 30

ruby: g79 7/8 20, 22; ad 1422; g62 8/22 21-22; g61 11/22 17

sapphire: g79 7/8 22; ad 1447; g69 2/22 25-27; g62 8/22 21-22; g61 11/22 17

sardius: ad 1448

sardonyx: ad 1448-1449

topaz: g80 7/8 26; ad 1608

tourmaline: g80 7/8 26

turquoise: ad 1620