How to understand this long sentence?
Hello everyone,
These sentences below come from Wilkie Colin's novel, The Moonstone:
A similar superstition was once prevalent, as I have heard, in ancient Greece and Rome; not applying, however (as in India), to a diamond devoted to the service of a god, but to a semi-transparent stone of the inferior order of gems, supposed to be affected by the lunar influences—the moon, in this latter case also, giving the name by which the stone is still known to collectors in our own time.
I really got lost in the second part, "applying, however (as in India)... in our own time."
How to break down a long sentence like this?
For my understanding, ancient Greece and Rome have a prevalent superstition, which is related to a gem (gem only, not related to a god). India has the same kind of superstition, but it's related to a diamond devoted to a god. The gem in ancient Greece and the diamond in India are both affected by the moon, and this influence give the India diamond its name.
I'd really appreciate your help here. Thank you in advance!