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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

7 by the Elder Pliny, Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79, Bostock, John, 1773-1846, Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878

Chapter 121: 73. Precious stones which derive their names from other objects.

Chapters

Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Chapter 2 BOOK XXXII.
Chapter 3 1. The power of Nature as manifested in antipathies. The
Chapter 4 8. Places where fish recognize the human voice. Oracular
Chapter 5 10. When sea-fish were first eaten by the people of Rome. The
Chapter 6 12. The antipathies and sympathies which exist between certain
Chapter 7 13. Amphibious animals. Castoreum: sixty-six remedies and
Chapter 8 15. Remedies derived from the aquatic animals, classified
Chapter 9 16. Remedies for poisons, and for noxious spells. The dorade:
Chapter 10 17. Remedies for the stings of serpents, for the bites of dogs,
Chapter 11 18. The sea-frog: six remedies. The river-frog: fifty-two
Chapter 12 19. The enhydris: six remedies. The river-crab: fourteen remedies.
Chapter 13 20. The sea-calf: ten remedies. The muræna: one remedy. The
Chapter 14 21. The various kinds of oysters: fifty-eight remedies and
Chapter 15 23. Remedies for alopecy, change of colour in the hair, and
Chapter 16 24. Remedies for diseases of the eyes and eyelids. Two remedies
Chapter 17 25. Remedies for diseases of the ears. The batia: one remedy.
Chapter 18 26. Remedies for tooth-ache. The dog-fish: four remedies.
Chapter 19 27. Remedies for lichens, and for spots upon the face. The
Chapter 20 28. Remedies for scrofula, imposthumes of the parotid glands,
Chapter 21 30. Remedies for pains in the liver and side. The elongated
Chapter 22 31. Remedies for diseases of the bowels. Sea-wort: one remedy
Chapter 23 32. Remedies for diseases of the spleen, for urinary calculi,
Chapter 24 33. Remedies for intestinal hernia, and for diseases of the
Chapter 25 34. Remedies for inflamed tumours, and for diseases of the
Chapter 26 35. Remedies for incontinence of urine. The ophidion: one
Chapter 27 36. Remedies for gout, and for pains in the feet. The beaver:
Chapter 28 38. Remedies for fevers. The fish called asellus: one remedy.
Chapter 29 42. Methods of arresting hæmorrhage and of letting blood. The
Chapter 30 45. Remedies for warts, and for malformed nails. The glanis:
Chapter 31 46. Remedies for female diseases. The glauciscus: one
Chapter 32 49. Methods of preventing intoxication. The fish called rubellio:
Chapter 33 50. Antaphrodisiacs and aphrodisiacs. The hippopotamus: one
Chapter 34 52. Other aquatic productions. Adarca or calamochnos: three
Chapter 35 53. The names of all the animals that exist in the sea, one
Chapter 36 BOOK XXXIII.
Chapter 37 13. Coins of gold. At what periods copper, gold, and silver,
Chapter 38 15. The persons who have possessed the greatest quantity of gold
Chapter 39 16. At what period silver first made its appearance upon the arena
Chapter 40 17. At what periods there was the greatest quantity of gold and
Chapter 41 29. The chrysocolla of the goldsmiths, known also as
Chapter 42 30. The marvellous operations of nature in soldering metallic
Chapter 43 36. Minium: for what religious purposes it was used by the
Chapter 44 40. The various kinds of minium. The use made of it in
Chapter 45 44. The different kinds of silver, and the modes of testing
Chapter 46 47. Instances of immense wealth. Persons who have possessed
Chapter 47 48. At what period the Roman people first made voluntary
Chapter 48 50. Instances of the frugality of the ancients in reference
Chapter 49 51. At what period silver was first used as an ornament for
Chapter 50 52. At what period silver chargers of enormous size were first
Chapter 51 55. The most remarkable works in silver, and the names of the
Chapter 52 56. Sil: The persons who first used it in painting and the
Chapter 53 BOOK XXXIV.
Chapter 54 9. Which was the first statue of a god made of brass at Rome.
Chapter 55 10. The different kinds and forms of statues. Statues at Rome
Chapter 56 11. In honour of whom public statues were first erected: in
Chapter 57 12. In honour of what foreigners public statues were erected at
Chapter 58 13. The first equestrian statues publicly erected at Rome, and
Chapter 59 14. At what period all the statues erected by private
Chapter 60 16. That there were statuaries in Italy also at an early
Chapter 61 19. An account of the most celebrated works in brass, and of
Chapter 62 20. The different kinds of copper and its combinations. Pyropus.
Chapter 63 23. Fifteen remedies derived from cadmia. Ten medicinal effects
Chapter 64 41. The different kinds of iron, and the mode of tempering
Chapter 65 46. Seventeen remedies derived from the scales of iron.
Chapter 66 BOOK XXXV.
Chapter 67 3. When shields were first invented with portraits upon them;
Chapter 68 5. The commencement of the art of painting. Monochrome
Chapter 69 8. At what period foreign paintings were first introduced at
Chapter 70 9. At what period painting was first held in high esteem at Rome,
Chapter 71 12. Pigments other than those of a metallic origin. Artificial
Chapter 72 31. Which colours do not admit of being laid on a wet
Chapter 73 33. At what time combats of gladiators were first painted
Chapter 74 34. The age of painting; with the names of the more celebrated
Chapter 75 38. An effectual way of putting a stop to the singing of
Chapter 76 39. Artists who have painted in eucaustics or wax, with
Chapter 77 40. The first inventors of various kinds of painting. The
Chapter 78 44. Who was the first to mould figures in imitation of the
Chapter 79 47. Various kinds of earth. The Puteolan dust, and other
Chapter 80 50. Sulphur, and the several varieties of it: fourteen
Chapter 81 51. Bitumen, and the several varieties of it: twenty-seven
Chapter 82 52. Alumen, and the several varieties of it: thirty-eight
Chapter 83 56. Chian earth: three remedies. Selinusian earth: three
Chapter 84 57. Cretaceous earths used for scouring cloth. Cimolian earth:
Chapter 85 58. Argentaria. Names of freedmen who have either risen to
Chapter 86 59. The earth of Galata; of Clypea; of the Baleares; and of
Chapter 87 BOOK XXXVI.
Chapter 88 4. The first artists who excelled in the sculpture of marble,
Chapter 89 6. Who were the first to cut marble into slabs, and at what
Chapter 90 7. Who was the first to encrust the walls of houses at Rome with
Chapter 91 8. At what period the various kinds of marble came into use at
Chapter 92 9. The method of cutting marble into slabs. The sand used in
Chapter 93 13. Lygdinus; corallitic stone; stone of Alabanda; stone of
Chapter 94 23. The fugitive stone. The seven-fold echo. Buildings erected
Chapter 95 38. Æthiopic hæmatites. Androdamas: two remedies. Arabian
Chapter 96 43. Stones for mortars used for medicinal and other purposes.
Chapter 97 54. The various kinds of sand. The combinations of sand with
Chapter 98 64. At what period mosaic pavements were first invented. At
Chapter 99 BOOK XXXVII.
Chapter 100 4. Who were the most skilful lapidaries. The finest specimens
Chapter 101 6. Jewels displayed at Rome in the triumph of Pompeius
Chapter 102 7. At what period murrhine vessels were first introduced at
Chapter 103 10. Luxury displayed in the use of crystal. Remedies derived
Chapter 104 14. The various precious stones, classified according to their
Chapter 105 23. Sardonyx; the several varieties of it. Defects in the
Chapter 106 40. Amethystos: four varieties of it. Socondion. Sapenos.
Chapter 107 54. Achates: the several varieties of it. Acopos: the remedies
Chapter 108 55. Balanites. Batrachitis. Baptes. Beli oculus. Belus.
Chapter 109 56. Cadmitis. Callais. Capnitis. Cappadocia. Callaica.
Chapter 110 58. Encardia or ariste. Enorchis. Exebenus. Erythallis.
Chapter 111 59. Galaxias. Galactitis, leucogæa, leucographitis, or
Chapter 112 60. Heliotropium. Hephæstitis. Hermuaidoion. Hexecontalithos.
Chapter 113 62. Lepidotis. Lesbias. Leucophthalmos. Leucopœcilos.
Chapter 114 63. Memnonia. Media. Meconitis. Mithrax. Morochthos.
Chapter 115 65. Oica. Ombria or notia. Onocardia. Oritis or sideritis.
Chapter 116 66. Panchrus. Pangonus. Paneros or panerastos. Pontica: four
Chapter 117 67. Solis gemma. Sagda. Samothracia. Sauritis. Sarcitis.
Chapter 118 68. Trichrus. Thelyrrhizos. Thelycardios or mule. Thracia:
Chapter 119 71. Precious stones which derive their names from various parts
Chapter 120 72. Precious stones which derive their names from animals.
Chapter 121 73. Precious stones which derive their names from other objects.
Chapter 122 74. Precious stones that suddenly make their appearance.
Chapter 123 77. A comparative view of Nature as she appears in different
Chapter 124 BOOK XXXII.[1]
Chapter 125 BOOK XXXIII.
Chapter 126 BOOK XXXIV.
Chapter 127 BOOK XXXV.
Chapter 128 BOOK XXXVI.
Chapter 129 BOOK XXXVII.
Chapter 130 Introduction to Vol. III.
Chapter 131 480. _Bohn’s Edition_.
Chapter 132 49. Also Beckmann’s Hist. Inv., Vol. II. p. 219, _Bohn’s Edition_.
Chapter 133 40. It is our red ochre, peroxide of iron, mixed in a greater or less
Chapter 134 Chapter 36.
Chapter 135 295. _Bohn’s Edition._
Chapter 136 Chapter 20 of the present Book. On the above passage by Dr. Watson,
Chapter 137 Chapter 55 of this Book, that he flourished before the burning of the
Chapter 138 Chapter 26), were the blue copper earth already mentioned, which may
Chapter 139 400. Several works of his are also mentioned by Pausanias.
Chapter 140 5. Müller and Meyer treat this story of the brazen statue as a fiction.
Chapter 141 328. _Bohn’s Edition._
Chapter 142 Chapter 32.
Chapter 143 Chapter 2 of this Book, and B. xxxv. c. 52.
Chapter 144 Chapter 40 of this Book.
Chapter 145 14. He alludes to the cement made of volcanic ashes, now known as
Chapter 146 Introduction to Vol. III.
Chapter 147 19. Sillig, however, is inclined to think that there were _two_ artists
Chapter 148 703. His Basilica, a building which served as a court of law and as an
Chapter 149 Chapter 68 of this Book.
Chapter 150 Chapter 37.
Chapter 151 Chapter 55 above.
Chapter 152 Chapter 48, and “Beli oculus” in Chapter 55, of this Book.
Chapter 153 Chapter 66 and the Tecolithos of Chapter 68.
Chapter 154 480. Of his Tragedies, eighteen are still extant, out of seventy-five,
Chapter 155 Introduction to the work, i. 1-11.

Chapter 121: 73. Precious stones which derive their names from other objects.

Hammochrysos. Cenchritis. Dryitis. Cissitis. Narcissitis. Cyamias. Pyren. Phœnicitis. Chalazias. Pyritis. Polyzonos Astrapæa. Phlogitis. Anthracitis. Enhygros. Polythrix. Leontios. Pardalios. Drosolithos. Melichrus. Melichloros. Crocias. Polias. Spartopolias. Rhoditis. Chalcitis. Sycitis. Bostrychitis. Chernitie. Anancitis. Synochitis. Dendritis _ib._

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