Chapter 1 Introduction: Gems in the Early Modern World

Chapter 2 The Plundering of the Ceylonese Royal Treasury, 1551–1553: Its Character, Cost, and Dispersal

Chapter 3 Diamond-Studded Paths: Lines of Communication and the Trading Network of the Hellemans Family, Jewellers from Antwerp

Chapter 4 The Impact of European Trade with Southeast Asia on the Mineralogical Studies of Robert Boyle

Chapter 5 Branches and Bones: The Transformative Matter of Coral in Ming Dynasty China

Chapter 6 Boethius de Boodt and the Emergence of the Oriental/Occidental Distinction in European Mineralogy

Chapter 8 The Repudiation and Persistence of Lapidary Medicine in Eighteenth-Century Dutch Medicine and Pharmacy

Chapter 9 Polito et Claro : The Art and Knowledge of Polishing, 1100–1500

Chapter 10 Mughal Lapidaries and the Inherited Modes of Production

Chapter 11 Knowledge, Technique, and Taste in Transit: Diamond Polishing in Europe, 1500–1800

Chapter 12 Gems and Counterfeited Gems in Early Modern Antwerp: From Workshops to Collections