sardonyx

SARDONYX

AUGUST BIRTHSTONE
ALTERNATE PERIDOT
FAME, DIGNITY, PROTECTION, FRIENDSHIP

sardonyx

WORD ORIGIN GREEK SARD+ONYX:
BROWNISH RED+WHITE STONE
MINERAL BANDED CHALCEDONY QUARTZ
FORMULA SiO2
COLOR SOURCE BROWNISH RED IMPARTED BY IRON
LUSTER VITREOUS
STREAK WHITE
HARDNESS 6.5 - 7
DENSITY 2.6
LORE Banded nature of stone gives communicating eloquence to orator, happiness to couples
HISTORY Stone of ancients, a 3000 year old B+K Phoenician 74 carat stone now valued at $58 million
  

AUGUST SENTIMENTS

GUARDIAN ANGEL HAMATIEL
HIS TALISMANIC GEM DIAMOND
SPECIAL APOSTLE JAMES
HIS GEM SARDONYX
SPECIAL FLOWER POPPY

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