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Definition of Carnelians
1. carnelian [n] - See also: carnelian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnelians
Literary usage of Carnelians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic Geology: Or, Geology in Its Relations to the Arts and Manufactures by David Page (1874)
"Burnishers of highly- tempered steel are also largely used ; but for certain
purposes, agates and carnelians, though much more expensive, ..."
2. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"carnelians are the stones usually employed when engraved for seals. The French
give to those carnelians which have the utmost transparency and purity, ..."
3. Diospolis Parva: The Cemeteries of Abadiyeh and Hu, 1898-9 by William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Arthur Cruttenden Mace (1901)
"round the neck several strings of small carnelian beads, one having a centre of
four large carnelians and a glazed scarab ; round the body strings of small ..."
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