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CARNELIAN , a red variety of chalcedony , much used as an ornamental stone, especially for seals. The old name was cornelian, said to have been given in reference either to the horny appearance of the stone (Lat. cornu, " horn ") or to its resemblance in colour to the berry
original
bright red chalcedony , much resembling carnelian, pass under the name of sard (q.v.). The Hebrew odem was probably a red stone, either carnelian, sard or jasper. All carnelian is translucent and is thus distinguished from jasper of similar colour, which is always opaque. The red colour of typical carnelian is due to the presence of ferric oxide
oxide
heating
Inscriptions and figures in white on red carnelian (" burnt carnelian ") are well known from the East
Deccan
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