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the sunset stone that ancient warriors wore so their courage wouldn't bleed out.
means A reddish-orange to brownish-red variety of chalcedony (a form of quartz), prized as a semiprecious gemstone since antiquity.
from From Old French 'corneline,' which English softened into 'cornelian' and later 'carnelian.' The name likely drifted toward Latin 'carn-,' meaning flesh, because of the stone's warm reddish hue — though some trace it instead to 'cornum,' the cornel cherry, whose ripe fruit blushes the very same color. Either way, the word carries the memory of something fleshy and red held in the hand.
- engraver's favorite
- Hot wax won't stick to it, so it sealed letters
- old as Sumer
- Found in 4,500-year-old royal tombs of Ur
- sun-baked color
- Often heated to deepen the orange-red glow
- napoleon's seal
- He carried a carnelian taken from Egypt
- prophet's stone
- Muhammad reportedly wore a carnelian signet ring
carnelian of the ptolemies — egyptian royal seal stone used by ptolemaic dynasty rulers, 3rd-1st century bce, housed in major museums
carnelian trade route yemen — marib region of yemen famous for carnelian mining and bead production, major ancient trade commodity along silk road