Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.Kunz, George Frederick
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Rings for the finger : $b from the earliest known times to the present, with full descriptions of the origin, early making, materials, the archæology, history, for affection, for love, for engagement, for wedding, commemorative, mourning, etc.
Kunz, George Frederick
Rings; Rings -- Folklore
Rings holding truly “celestial stones,” gems from the heavens as they
are called, are those in which have been set small, but perfectly cut
chrysolites (peridots) from crystals found in meteorites. One of these
was of the pallasite type, from Brenham, Kiowa County, Kansas[545] and
gems were also cut out of chrysolite from the meteorite of Glorietta
Mountain, Santa Fé County, New Mexico.[546]
A most attractive kind of natal ring is that having the birth stone in
the centre between the stones of the guardian angel and of the apostle
of the month. While this particular arrangement of the settings is
followed in the greater number of cases, it sometimes happens that
a better artistic effect is obtained, a better harmony of color, by
making either the stone of the angel or that of the apostle the central
gem. The essential thing is that the three particular stones assigned
to the given month shall be grouped together. The following table
renders it easy to find the proper combination for each month, or each
zodiacal sign:
Zodiacal Natal Guardian Angel’s Apostle
Month Sign Stone Angel Gem of Month
January Aquarius Garnet Gabriel Onyx Peter
February Pisces Amethyst Barchiel Jasper Andrew
March Aries Bloodstone Malchediel Ruby James and
John
April Taurus Diamond or Ashmodel Topaz Philip
Sapphire
May Gemini Emerald Amriel Carbuncle Bartholomew
June Cancer Agate Muriel Emerald Thomas
July Leo Turquoise Verchiel Sapphire Matthew
August Virgo Carnelian Hamatiel Diamond James the
Less
September Libra Chrysolite Tsuriel Jacinth Thaddeus
October Scorpio Beryl Bariel Agate Simon
November Sagittarius Topaz Adnachiel Amethyst Matthias
December Capricornus Ruby Humiel Beryl Paul
Apostle’s Flower
Month Gem of Month
January Jasper Snowdrop
February Carbuncle Primrose
March Emerald Violet
April Carnelian Daisy
May Chrysolite Hawthorne
June Beryl Honeysuckle
July Topaz Water Lily
August Sardonyx Poppy
September Chrysoprase Morning Glory
October Jacinth Hops
November Amethyst Chrysanthemum
December Sapphire Holly
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