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Precious Stones

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(1) Each month, according to the Poles, is under the influence of a precious stone:—

January

Garnet

Constancy.

Amethyst

Sincerity.

Bloodstone

Courage.

Innocence.

Emerald

Success in love.

Agate

Health and long life.

July

Cornelian

Content.

Sardonyx

Conjugal felicity.

September

Chrysolite

Antidote to madness.

October

Opal

November

Topaz

Fidelity.

Turquoise

Prosperity.

(2) In relation to the signs of the Zodiac:—

Aries

Topaz.

Gemini

Carbuncle.

Emerald.

Leo

Sapphirc.

Virgo

Libra

Jacinth.

Scorpio

Agate.

Sagittarius

Amethyst.

Capricornus

Beryl.

Aquarius

Pisces

Jasper.

(3) In relation to the planets:—

Turquoise

Jupiter

Cornelian

Tim.

Emerald

Amethyst

Loadstone

Crystal

⁂ The ancients divided precious stones into male and female. The darker stones were called the male, and the light ones were called the females. Male sapphires approach indigo in colour, but the female ones are sky-blue. Theophartos mentions the distinctio.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.