This gem is rare in the world of vintage jewelry, and is considered a semiprecious stone by jewelers. It is a variety of the mineral chalcedony, very easy to be found with platinum jewelry and you can identify it by its red color. The most popular are the red -orange color, the more translucent the better. This stone is the redder containing iron oxide.
Its name derives from Latin, and originally meant “meat “ because of the color of the stone. This is a very present throughout the history of antique jewelry. Other names by which it is known are Sadoine Stone, Mecca or Santiago. There is a myth that the goddess Isis used it to protect the dead on their journey, it is therefore closely linked to a stone religions.
The Cornelian is ideal for necklaces and jewelry, mainly because of its hardness, similar to quartz, can easily cut it across and produce stone bead necklaces. And although it was currently in use, the Italian jewelers are re- inventing new form of jewelry integrating cornelian like gold earrings or diamond bracelets. In general, as it is a very common and easy to find stone.