| Show For August f C. i is a beautiful i Ilk stone is also loveliest of the i It is tj toils different t m are even and it differs layers of tr brownish red H tailed and occur with other layers of brown and sometimes black-colored is quartz and has a hardness of and chemical formula of Its coloring is probably due to small amounts of It was who is reported to have seen in this stone the of Good and exhibits sard and white chalcedony in but some ancient authors account as fine only those specimens which exhibit three layers at a black a white zone and a layer red or The black symbolizes the white and the red IN THE Rosicrucian jewels the appears as the gem of victorious and rapture which flow from the eternal font of banishing grief and It was said to give conjugal happiness and good and it is said that if a woman whose talis-manic stone it neglects to wear she will never 1922 is a musical but it really means only This term originated in Greek mythology is the Apostolic stone of James who bore death for Christ before any of the since it is the color of a human The Greeks believed it was formed from the fingernails of which Cupid clipped while she lay It means of spiritual and is supposed to assure conjugal SARD is a beautiful slone and was prized by the ancients for its outstanding qualities which lent themselves to Layered in its varied colors it formed a perfect stone for cameo showing which enhanced the Like all gems is a It may be found as part of an igneous rock or in a vein formation The stone mentioned in the Bible is a and both this stone and the carnelian receive their color from the inclusion of iron the same mineral that gives the minarets in Bryce Canyon their vivid IT isn't great in but it is rich in Queen Elizabeth had her portrait carved on a and set in a She sent it to the Earl of Essex by Unfortunately it fell into the hands of the Countess of and in the political machinations of that Essex was More of the and carnelian have been unearthed by archeologists than any other from the Book of the Dead are frequently engraved on WHEN Napolean was touring Egypt he found a lovely engraved with these slave of Abraham relying on the mercy of Napoleon wore it on his watch believed in it using it as a The Chinese blamed this stone for all calamities and they never wore it as a but fabulous vases of great beauty were carved from No miner would enter the mines unless he was amply protected by It was ALTHOUGH this mineral is wide-spread throughout the world its only incidence in our country Is in Utah has many and Arizona has the petrified but there is no SARD-onyx in the western |
