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2. Heliotrope (mineral) - Wikipedia

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   This semiprecious stone should not be confused with other ornamental stones that contain red jasper. Setonite, also called African bloodstone, is composed of red jasper, grey chalcedony, and pyrite. Dragon's Blood, sometimes called Australian bloodstone, is composed of red jasper and green epidote.

3. Magatama - Wikipedia

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   Examples of stone magatama from the Kofun period are especially numerous. An excavation of the Kamegaoka Kofun, Kishiwada, Osaka, revealed a local who had been buried with a jade, jasper, and alabaster magatama necklace, as well as magatama placed near the feet. A bronze mirror imported from China accompanying the burial was dated to 239 CE.

4. Dragon's blood - Wikipedia

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   Dragon's blood, powdered pigment or apothecary's grade and roughly crushed incense, extracted from Calamus draco Dragon's blood is a bright red resin which is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Calamus spp. (previously Daemonorops ) also including Calamus rotang , Croton , Dracaena and Pterocarpus .

5. Jasper - Wikipedia

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   The Hebrew word may have designated a green jasper. [12] Flinders Petrie suggested that the odem – the first stone on the High Priest's breastplate – was a red jasper, whilst tarshish, the tenth stone, may have been a yellow jasper. [13] Male torso carved from red jasper, Bronze Age, Harappa, Indus Valley civilisation, Pakistan

6. Chinese jade - Wikipedia

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   Oracle bone script for 玉 "jade".. The Chinese word yù 玉 "jade; gems of all kinds; (of women) beautiful; (courteous) your" has semantically broader meanings than English jade "any of various hard greenish gems used in jewelry and artistic carvings, including jadeite and nephrite; a green color of medium hue; made of jade; green like jade".

7. ‘Alcohol gene’ could predict how cocktails may affect you ...

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   If you have an inherited intolerance to alcohol, a mutated gene could be the culprit. An at-home DNA test could detect whether you have the mutation, but doctors say there could be some drawbacks.