carnelian

noun

car·ne·lian kär-ˈnēl-yən

: a hard red chalcedony used in jewelry

Examples of carnelian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The delicate intaglios, fashioned from amethyst, jasper and carnelian, range in diameter from 5 millimeters to 16 millimeters — bigger than a pencil eraser, smaller than a dime. —

Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023 The Alhambra collection — Van Cleef & Arpels’ token of luck — features an alternating watch band of warm carnelian and rose gold clover-like shapes, and this installation at South Coast Plaza marks its pre-launch. —

Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023 In Manhattan, for instance, there will be a limited-edition carnelian Big Apple necklace set in rose gold along with two limited-edition Happy Sport watches featuring a mobile apple, as well as a L.U.C. Quattro Spirit 25 Fifth Avenue Edition. —

Alexis Wolfe, ELLE, 13 Dec. 2022 And a beautiful example of Louis Comfort Tiffany daring eye, a lapis, turquoise and carnelian necklace inspired by a personal trip to Egypt in 1908. —

Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2022 The other central element in the Perlée collection is a pop of color in the form of ornamental, opaque stones, including turquoise, black onyx, green malachite, carnelian, lapis lazuli, coral or mother-of-pearl. —

Carol Besler, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2022 My vote goes to a four-strand set of blazing carnelian and gold, with pendants carved like the seedpods of poppies. —

Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022 But there were also likely lapis and turquoise and carnelian. —

Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 11 May 2022 These burials contained fine items, crafted from bronze, carnelian and other precious materials. —

Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021 See More

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