carnelian

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A hard, reddish brown chalcedony; used in jewelery
{n} a silicious stone, red, yellow, or white
A type of natural agate stone marble, made of chalcedony, with a reddish waxy appearance, a highly coveted shooter marble by young mibsters Also, a named glass marble manufactured by The Akro Agate Company Also, CORNELIAN, archaic spelling, a named glass marble manufactured by The M F Christensen & Son Company, of Akron, O (1905-1917) called a "brick" by collectors as it resembles the color of a red brick (see American Cornelian Marble )
Carnelian is a red to brown gemstone; it is a chalcedony, a type of quartz The best quality carnelian comes from India Traditionally, it is a sacred gemstone because of the color Red symbolizes the life force or blood A R T Precious & Collectible Jewelry
{i} red gemstone; coppery red color, reddish-brown color
Popular jewelry stone, a type of quartz Very hard, translucent and usually tomato-red with faint stripes
a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
or cornelian Translucent, semiprecious variety of the silica mineral chalcedony that owes its red to reddish brown colour to the incorporation of small amounts of iron oxide. A closely related variety of chalcedony, sard, differs only in the shade of red. Carnelian was highly valued and used in rings and signets by the Greeks and Romans, some of whose intaglios have retained their high polish better than those made from harder stones. Carnelian is mined principally in India, Brazil, and Australia. Its physical properties are those of quartz
A red semiprecious gemstone
a yellow coloured precious stone used by the ancient Egyptian to represent/symbolise the desert/sun
A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color
is red to reddish brown, chalcedony It gets it's name from the Latin cornum (cornel berry or cronelian cherry) It's red color is due to the presence of iron This lovely gemstone was popular in ancient Egypt It had been carved into insignia seals because it won't stick to wax Today, carnelian is sometimes worn for good luck in the Near East
It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals
carnelian

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    car·nel·ian

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    cornelian

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    () The red form was called carneolus in the Middle Ages, from Latin carneus "fleshy" after the color.James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume III Seventh edition, revised by Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1962
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