Carnelian—Not Just Another Agate
Carnelian—Not Just Another Agate
Carnelian is a special agate because it has beautiful red hues and rich red brown colors along with vibrant oranges. This lively color really helps boost your day. It is said that wearing this gemstoe will cause the wearer to no longer feel sad or depressed in their emotional makeup. Look at this beautiful Carnelian necklace sample. Carnelian also helps diminish apathy, indolence, and passivity in those who wear carnelian for long periods of time. And name a person who would not desire to wear such a wonderful stone?
Carnelian is thought to help protect those in the afterlife. The carnelian stone was often buried with a mummy by ancient Egyptians as protection from evil and as a means to deliver its spirit to life after death. That’s some powerful stone!
Carnelian is perfect for jewelry because it has such bright colors. Carnelian, along with lapis and turquoise, were the most highly regarded stones of the Egyptians. In order to make an eye catching necklace, just use carnelian with onyx.
The red and the black are really stunning when brought together in such a way. A pretty carnelian stone with jade can be a beautiful earthy piece of jewelry. It is very true, that wherever you dress up in carnelian you shall create good impression and you should not be taken aback if people mention that you look very attractive in stone.
Carnelian is a beautiful orange to reddish-brown stone. Its very unique and fashionable. Carnelian was used widely during Roman times 2000 years before the present era to make signet or seal rings for imprinting a seal with wax on correspondence or other important documents. Carnelian beads have been collected for centuries. Collections of beads have been found stored in pots dating to circa 1800 B.C.