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Carbuncle
An almandine (garnet) that is cut en cabochon.
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Carbuncle: An almandine (garnet) cabochon.
Carnelian: A translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony, sometimes banded red and orange like an agate. Once believed to benefit the wearer's health and love life.
Carbuncle
A garnet cut en cabochon
Casting
Process of forming an object by pouring a molten or liquid substance into a mould until it solidifies and takes on the impression of the mould ...
Carbuncle
An almandine (garnet) cabochon.
Carnegie
Hattie Carnegie was a clothing and jewelry designer who produced many beautiful costume jewelry pieces, including many figurals.
CARBUNCLE. Garnet--sometimes, ruby, spinel, or other red gem--cut convex or en cabochon: there is no such specific mineral.
carbuncle
A cabochon garnet
champlevé
French for 'raised field'. A technique in which enamel is filled in recesses that have been carved or stamped into a metal substrate ...
Carbuncle: An older term for a red garnet that is cut en cabochon.
Carnelian: Opaque reddish variety of chalcedony quartz.
Carre: A step cut diamond that is square.
carbuncle
A carbuncle is a cabochon-cut garnet.
carnelian
Carnelian (also called cornelian and carneole) is a reddish form of chalcedony (a type of quartz). This translucent stone has a waxy luster. The best carnelian is from India.
Carbuncle: A garnet cabochon.
Carnelian: A translucent orange/reddish type of Chalcedony. An A-grade agate, it was once and still is thought to have healing powers.
Garnets -- Carbuncle -- before 1700
De Re Metallica: Italians mining Garnets and Gold in German Mountains
Agricola (1600's) on the Carbunculus (= Garnet, Spinel but not Ruby !) ...
Sardius, topaz, carbuncle; emerald, sapphire, diamond; ligure, agate, amethyst; beryl, onyx, jasper.
A garnet cabochon is also referred to as a carbuncle. CabochonSmooth polished cushion like stone CameoA style of carving in which the design motif is left and the surrounding surface is cut away leaving the design in relief.
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into a hard stone or shell Cannetille A type of gold or silver filigree of fine twisted wires forming a coiled spiral, used in early nineteenth century jewelry (Georgian period) Carat Unit of weight used for precious stones Carbuncle A ...
- Vibrates to the number 8 Carbuncle Keeps son and family safe. Helps overcome grief. Conveys mental clarity. Dispels bad luck. Brings wealth. Encourages responsibility and good will. Opens and realigns the Chakras. Heals eye ailments.
Some garnets used as gemstones include pyrope (the deep red garnet), almandine, spessartine, grossular, the iron-aluminum dark red garnet (also known as the carbuncle stone), Uvarovite (rare), ...
Carbuncle is an old term which typically referred to a Cabochon Garnet. The back of the Cab was hollowed out to create a brighter Garnet and make it more transparent.
Almandine, sometimes incorrectly called almandite, is the modern gem known as carbuncle (though originally almost any red gemstone was known by this name). The term "carbuncle" is derived from the Latin meaning "little spark.
' Before the science of mineralogy developed, most red gems (including garnet) were known as carbuncles, also from the Latin meaning “a live or burning coal.' Natural garnet is known by numerous appellations. Some are more familiar than others.
The Topaz, which is of the ruddy color, resembling somewhat the Carbuncle, stops the discharge of the milky fluid with which those having eye-disease suffer.
The very earliest descriptions of garnet date to Roman times; Pliny the Elder described a mineral he referred to as carbuncle (a term still used today), a sparkling, glowing, red mineral, that was probably garnet.
All the variety belong to the same Carbuncle family and all of them display the same chemical structure. In addition to deep red, garnets occur in pink, orange, light brown, pale yellow and vibrant green.
Garnets, more than other stones, have been used in the cabochon cut, and when in that form are usually known as carbuncles (from carbunculus, a glowing coal).
It is frequently cut with a convex face, or en cabochon, and is then known as carbuncle. Viewed through the spectroscope in a strong light, it generally shows three characteristic absorption bands.
Garnet was known thousands of years before our era, and is mentioned in early biblical writings, where it was called «carbuncle», meaning «little spark» although it should be noted that in Pliny’ ...
The name "almandine" was derived from alabandicus; a name coined by Pliny the Elder [3] to lesser carbuncle gemstones discovered at Alabanda, in Asia Minor. Almandine garnet is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "almandite." ...
Biblical Gemstones: This refers to a number of gemstones that are mentioned in the Bible e.g. Exodus xxviii sardius - topaz carbuncle, emerald, sapphire, diamond, jacinth, agate, amethyst, beryl, onyx and jasper.
Include diamond, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, agate, onyx, tourmaline, chrysolite, sapphire, ruby, spinel, topaz, turquoise, zircon, cubic zirconia, jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst, alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, ...
Diamonds, emeralds, chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; onyx, plasma; tourmaline, chysolite; sapphire, ruby, topaz; turquoise, zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, ...
said that the opal contained ‘the fire of the carbuncle, the glorious purple of amethyst, the sea green of the emerald, and all those colors glittering together in an incredible way'.
Staphyloccus
The bacteria usually responsible for most infections of the skin including abscesses, boils and carbuncles.
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The connection with fire remained strong with the Romans, too. They coined the name "Carbuncle", meaning fiery gem, by which red garnet was known until very recently. Sages in India identified red garnet with the sun.
states that the carbuncle, in which designation, doubtless, both our garnet and ruby and perhaps our spinel are included, “is extremely valuable, one of a very small size being prized at forty aurei' (about $180).
In the Middle Ages, the red garnet was also called the 'carbuncle stone'. And even today, fantasy names like Arizona ruby, Arizona spinel, Montana ruby or New Mexico ruby are still rife in the trade.
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