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jajar ......... jajar(TB)/jajar sejajar ................. jajar(TL) <02905> [the first row.]

yaspis merah(TB)/akik(TL) <0124> [sardius. or, ruby.]

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yaspis(TB)/intan(TL) <03095> [a diamond.]

The word {yahalom} may mean the diamond, from {halam,} to beat, smite, because of its extreme hardness, by which it will beat to pieces the other stones. It is a fine pellucid substance never debased with any admixture of other matter; susceptible of elegant tinges from metal-line particles; giving fire with steel; not fermenting with acid menstrua; scarcely calcinable by any degree of fire; and of one simple and permanent appearance in all lights. It is the hardest and most valuable of all gems; when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as the clearest water, and eminently distinguished from all other substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its reflections.

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permata ambar(TB)/permata pusparagam(TL) <03958> [a ligure.]

{Leshem,} the ligure, the same as the jacinth, or hyacinth, a precious stone of a deep red, with a considerable tinge of yellow. Theophrastus and Pliny say it resembles the carbuncle, of a brightness sparkling like fire.

akik(TB)/permata syabu(TL) <07618> [an agate.]

{Shevo,} the agate, a semi-pellucid compound gem, formed of different simple minerals, as chalcedony, cornelian, jasper. horn-stone, quartz, amethyst, opal, etc.; joined irregularly or in layers. It is of a white, reddish, yellowish, or greenish ground; and so variously figured in its substance as to represent plants, trees, animals, and other objects.

kecubung(TB)/permata martis(TL) <0306> [an amethyst.]

{Achlamah,} an amethyst, a transparent gem, composed of a strong blue and deep red; and according as either prevails, affording different tinges of purple, sometimes approaching to violet, and sometimes even fading to a pale rose colour.

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permata pirus(TB)/permata firuzah(TL) <08658> [a beryl.]

Tarshish, a pellucid gem, of a sea or blueish green colour.

nefrit(TB)/permata yasyib(TL) <03471> [a jasper.]

{Yaspeh,} the jasper, a hard stone, of which there are not less than fifteen varieties of colour, as green, red, yellow, brown, black, etc.

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dua belas

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