carnelian
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Etymology[edit]
The red form was called carneolus in the Middle Ages, from Latin carneus "fleshy" after the color.[1]
Noun[edit]
carnelian (countable and uncountable; plural carnelians)
- (mineralogy) A hard, reddish brown chalcedony; used in jewelery,
- 1952 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and wrought in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. — Ezekiel 28:13 RSV.
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Translations[edit]
a reddish brown chalcedony
References[edit]
- ^ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume III Seventh edition, revised by Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1962
