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Others glowed with rich red carnelian, coral, and even the metallic sheen of haematite.
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Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
The exclusive collection features bold pendant necklaces, earrings, and cuff bracelets, all set with semi-precious stones like carnelian, onyx, and golden jasper.
—Essence, 25 Aug. 2025
Retailing for over $9,000 and long associated with icons like Grace Kelly and the Princess of Wales, the 10-motif piece now adorning ballplayers is available in stones such as onyx, malachite, carnelian, and mother-of-pearl.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2025
Along with evidence of soldiers’ daily provisions, researchers found accessories and toiletries, like ivory applicators for kohl eyeliner, necklaces of carnelian and faience beads shaped like pomegranate blossoms, and scarabs engraved with deities’ names, per the statement.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
The first iteration was decorated with over 20 black and white clovers, but today there are plenty of variations to add to your jewelry box—from malachite to carnelian to tiger’s eye.
—Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
The delicate intaglios, fashioned from amethyst, jasper and carnelian, range in diameter from 5 millimeters to 16 millimeters — bigger than a pencil eraser, smaller than a dime.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
The Alhambra collection — Van Cleef & Arpels’ token of luck — features an alternating watch band of warm carnelian and rose gold clover-like shapes, and this installation at South Coast Plaza marks its pre-launch.
—Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
In Manhattan, for instance, there will be a limited-edition carnelian Big Apple necklace set in rose gold along with two limited-edition Happy Sport watches featuring a mobile apple, as well as a L.U.C. Quattro Spirit 25 Fifth Avenue Edition.
—Alexis Wolfe, ELLE, 13 Dec. 2022
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Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
The exclusive collection features bold pendant necklaces, earrings, and cuff bracelets, all set with semi-precious stones like carnelian, onyx, and golden jasper.
—Essence, 25 Aug. 2025
Retailing for over $9,000 and long associated with icons like Grace Kelly and the Princess of Wales, the 10-motif piece now adorning ballplayers is available in stones such as onyx, malachite, carnelian, and mother-of-pearl.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2025
Along with evidence of soldiers’ daily provisions, researchers found accessories and toiletries, like ivory applicators for kohl eyeliner, necklaces of carnelian and faience beads shaped like pomegranate blossoms, and scarabs engraved with deities’ names, per the statement.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
The first iteration was decorated with over 20 black and white clovers, but today there are plenty of variations to add to your jewelry box—from malachite to carnelian to tiger’s eye.
—Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
The delicate intaglios, fashioned from amethyst, jasper and carnelian, range in diameter from 5 millimeters to 16 millimeters — bigger than a pencil eraser, smaller than a dime.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
The Alhambra collection — Van Cleef & Arpels’ token of luck — features an alternating watch band of warm carnelian and rose gold clover-like shapes, and this installation at South Coast Plaza marks its pre-launch.
—Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
In Manhattan, for instance, there will be a limited-edition carnelian Big Apple necklace set in rose gold along with two limited-edition Happy Sport watches featuring a mobile apple, as well as a L.U.C. Quattro Spirit 25 Fifth Avenue Edition.
—Alexis Wolfe, ELLE, 13 Dec. 2022
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“Carnelian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carnelian. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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carnelian
noun
car·ne·lian
kär-ˈnēl-yən 
: a hard tough reddish quartz used as a gem
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