THE GOLD OF THAT LAND: Biblical Minerals & Rocks  

 

 

58.     sardine

Greek: sardinos, possibly meaning a stone of Sardis. Revelation 4:3.

Probable Identification:

    Sard, a translucent, chestnut brown variety of chalcedony, only slightly darker than carnelian.

 

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