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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
“Jasper, as we have seen above, is usually a
stone of green, transparent color, with red
veins; but there are many varieties.
“Sapphire is a beautiful azure, or sky-blue,
color, almost as transparent and glittering as
a diamond.
“Chalcedony seems to be a species of agate, or
more properly the onyx. The onyx of the
ancients was probably of a bluish white, and
semipellucid.
“The emerald was of a vivid green, and next to
the ruby in hardness.
“Sardonyx is a mixture of chalcedony and
carnelian, which last is of a flesh-color.
“Sardius is probably the carnelian. Sometimes,
however, the red is quite vivid.
