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carnelian



car·ne·lian [ kär-ˈnēl-yən]



carnelian   
noun
[kär-ˈnēl-yən]

Definition of carnelian

: a hard red chalcedony used in jewelry



Recent Examples on the Web


//There are 88 gems in total in what is officially known as the Devonshire Parure, including carnelian, amethyst, garnets, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds.
— Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, "A Rare Tiara Designed for a Romanov Coronation Goes on Display," 8 July 2019
//The same was true of the Golden Lyre of Ur, a 4,500-year-old musical instrument inlaid with gold, silver and carnelian.
— Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, "In Iraq Museum, There Are Things ‘That Are Nowhere Else in the World’," 9 June 2019
//The sound box of the instrument was incrusted with carnelian, lapis lazuli, and mother-of-pearl.
— National Geographic, "The royal tombs of Ur revealed Mesopotamia's golden splendor," 22 May 2019
//Gaze in wonder at that particular shade of carnelian.
— Andrew Sean Greer, Vogue, "More Is More: Novelist Andrew Sean Greer on the Virtues of Questionable Taste," 16 Apr. 2019
//The earliest Alhambras were done in creased gold and black onyx, but ivory and wood soon followed (neither is now available), as did the signature stone styles like malachite, lapis, and carnelian.
— Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, "Behind the Legendary Good Fortune of Van Cleef's Alhambra," 1 Oct. 2018
//By adding lead, antimony, copper, manganese and other natural elements, pieces could be made to replicate lapis lazuli, carnelian, alabaster and turquoise.
— Susan Dunne, courant.com, "Ancient Glass Exhibit At Yale University Art Gallery," 7 Aug. 2017


First Known Use of carnelian

1695, in the meaning defined above



History and Etymology for carnelian

alteration of cornelian, from Middle English corneline, from Anglo-French, perhaps from Old French cornele cornel cherry



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