Translation for '
carnelian' from English to Russian
NOUN | carnelian | carnelians | |
SYNO | carnelian | cornelian |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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Usage Examples English
- Sard is a dark reddish-brown variety of the mineral chalcedony, similar to carnelian.
- Around the beginning of the Common Era, artisans in Taiwan switched from jade to metal, glass and carnelian.
- Indian diamond drilled carnelian beads have been discovered in Korea dating back to proto three kingdoms period (100-669 AD).
- Cornell's colors, carnelian red and white, date back to the university's Inauguration Day on October 7, 1868.
- File:Indus carnelian beads with white design imported to Susa in 2600-1700 BCE LOUVRE Sb 13099.jpg|thumb|Indian carnelian beads with white design, etched in white with an alkali through a heat process, imported to Susa in 2600–1700 BC.
- In cylinder B, XIV, he mentions his procurement of "blocks of lapis lazuli and bright carnelian from Meluhha".
- Shulgi in particular is known for having engraved two carnelian beads with dedication to his gods.
- The origin of Giles' "lang" translation "a kind of white carnelian" is unknown, unless it derives from Williams' "a whitish stone".
- Sir Richard Francis Burton writes that it is a "Tradition of the Prophet" that carnelian is the best stone for a signet ring, and that tradition was still in use in 1868.
- The bay is named after the semi-precious stone carnelian, examples of which are occasionally found washed up on the shore.
- According to Wallis Budge 1928 publication, Semien was known for its semi-precious stones such as turquoise, carnelian, jaspers of various colors and agates.
- Charles Leonard Woolley, the excavator at Ur, attributes the carnelian found there to the Gulf area.
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