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INDEX
Adamant, 3
Adamas, 2
Alexandra, Queen, 186, 187
Algemeene Nederiandsche-
Diamantbewerkers Bond, 101 Ali Pasha, 197, 198 Alsace and Lorraine, effect of loss of,
on jewelry business, 158 American cut stones, superiority of,
236, 237 American Gem Society, 162, 163,
164, 228, 229, 232, 233 Amsterdam, 98, 101,102, 104,118-
122, 131, 238 Amsterdamsche Bank, 118, 120, 121 Anglo-American Corporation, the,
66, 67 Antwerp, 98, 101, 102, 104, 118-
122, 131, 238 Apprentices, diamond-cutting, 107-
111 Arkansas Diamond Corporation, 28 Asscher, I. J., firm of, 118 Asscher, J., 86, 87 Astor, John Jacob, 100 Astor, Lady, 187 Astor, Mrs. William, 193 "At the Opera," 191 Atherstone, Dr. W. C, 25 Atomic structure of the diamond,
Austin, A. C, 9, 29 Australia, 27
Automobile industry, use of indusĀ­trial diamonds in the, 241, 242
Baber, Sultan, 15 Ball,'Henry, 155
Ball, Sydney H., 98, 102, 103, 104,
134, 135, 245 Balks, 247, 248
Barnato, Barney, 46, 47, 56, 66 Barnato Brothers, 65 Barton, Erastus, 155 Basch & Company, 161 Baumgold Brothers, Inc., 83 Baumgold diamond, the story of,
58, 60, 75 Baumgold, Isadore M., 83 Belgium, 131 Berquem, Louis de, 78 Bertin, Mile. Rose, 173 Beurs voor den Diamanthandel, 118 Bible, mention of diamonds in the,
21 Black, Starr & Gorham, 149, 150,
154, 257 Black, William, 155
Blue diamonds, 218-222
"Blue ground," 27, 28, 216
Blue-white perfect diamonds, 226,
227, 228
Boart, 245, 246, 247
types of, 246, 247 Bohmer, 173-177 Borneo, 21, 27, 218
colored diamonds in, 218 Boswell's, 159 Bourse aux Diamants, 118 Bradley-Martin, Mr. and Mrs., ball
given by, 193,194, 195 Brady, "Diamond Jim," 192, 193 Brazil, 21, 23, 24, 218
colored diamonds in, 218 Brilliance, 12
how created, 80, .81,
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