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RINGS
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 75 and gems were also cut out of chrysolite from the meteorite of Glorietta Mountain, Santa Fé County, New Mexico.76
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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:
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75 George F. Kunz, " On five new American Meteorites," American Journal of Science, 3rd Series, vol. 40, pp. 320-322.
76
George F. Kunz, " On three masses of meteoric iron from Glorietta
Mountain near Canoneito, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico," Amer. Journal of
Science, 3rd Series, vol. 30, p. 238; vol. 32, pp. 311-313.
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