Hello everybody! It’s time for our third episode in “what’s
their meaning” miniseries.
Today’s characters are:
- Ruby comes from
the Latin rubeus, meaning red and it
is the symbol of courage and strength; it also symbolizes love and passion. In Sanskrit, the word for ruby is ratnaraj,
meaning king of precious
stones.
- Blue Chalcedony
owes its name to a city situated at a crossing-point on the Bosphorus in
ancient times.
I bet you wouldn't have expected this - the findings were a
surprise for me as well:
- Amethyst
comes from the Greek word amethustos, meaning without drunkenness and it is believed to protect one from poison. Iolite, still often called cordierite in honor of the French geologist Pierre-Louis Cordier, owes its name to the Greek ion meaning the flower violet.
- Morganite was
named after financier J. P. Morgan, as he was the best customer of the
gemologist who found the pink beryl.
Labels: amethyst, blue chalcedony, Chanel, fine jewelry, gem, Georgiana Petcu blog, Harry Winston, iolite, jewelry blog, jewelry love affair, jewelry love affair blog, Lydia Courteille, morganite, ruby
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