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Sapphire Sapphire. Sapphire - Greek ὑάκινθος hyakinthos; Vulg. hyacinthus ; the eleventh stone of the foundation of the heavenly city (Revelations 21:20). The genuine sapphire is a beautiful blue hyaline corundum and is composed of nearly pure alumina, its color resulting from the presence of iron oxide. Sapphire was obtained from India.
The five cardinal gems. Clockwise from top: sapphire, ruby, emerald, amethyst, diamond. Cardinal gems are gemstones which have traditionally been considered precious above all others. The classification of the cardinal gems dates back to antiquity, and was largely determined by ceremonial or religious use as well as rarity. [1]
Sapphires are a precious gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminum oxide (α-Al 2 O 3) with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors.
In the Middle Ages, purple was believed to be a symbol of royalty or holiness, and because Christianity considered Jesus Christ to be the embodiment of God, he is worthy of the rare purple dye. [14] Rossano Gospel's paper are vellum parchment, made from the skin of a calf; the thinner parchment is, the higher its value.
The stone intended may be the sapphire. [9] In Revelation 9:17, the word appears in adjective form ( hyakinthinous , "hyacinthine"); [ 10 ] this, again, is thought to be descriptive of a blue or purple colour, with no reference to the modern jacinth stone. [ 11 ]
Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...
Title page of a printed lapidary by Conrad Gessner of 1565. A lapidary is a text in verse or prose, often a whole book, that describes the physical properties and metaphysical virtues of precious and semi-precious stones, that is to say, a work on gemology. [1]
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says human-directed AI-controlled drones are the future of war. Schmidt's startup, White Stork, is developing drones for Ukraine to use in its war with Russia.