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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Revelation~
Chapter 21 – The New Jerusalem
“Chrysolite, as its name imports, is of a
yellow or gold color, and is pellucid. From this
was probably taken the conception of the
pellucid gold which constitutes the material of
the city.
“Beryl is of a sea-green color.
“The topaz of the present day seems to be
reckoned as yellow; but that of the ancients
appears to have been pale green. Plin., 38, 8,
Bellermann. Urim et Thummim, p. 37.
“Chrysoprasus, of a pale yellow and greenish
color, like a scallion; sometimes it is classed at
the present day under topaz.
“Hyacinth [jacinth], of a deep red or violet
color.
