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The wearing of carnelian is recommended to
those who have a weak voice or are timid in
speech, for the warm-colored stone will give
them the courage they lack so that they will
speak both boldly and well," reports G. E Kunz,
well known gemologist and historian.
Carnelian admired by Moslems, because Muhammad
himself wore a silver ring/seal set with an engraved
carnelian.
Napoleon I, while on a campaign in Egypt, picked up a
fabulous octagonal carnelian, upon which was engraving:
"The Slave Abraham Relying Upon The Merciful God."
Carnelian is a reddish variety of quartz, a translucent to
opaque and moderately hard. In antique jewelry carnelian
lends itself to engraving (ring sand cameos). It is a relatively
inexpensive stone with great warmth and beauty.
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