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There is established a very pretty custom of assigning to the various masculine and feminine Christian names a particular gem, and such name-gems are often set together with natal and talismanic gems and with gems of one's patron saint. It is considered an exceedingly good omen when it happens that all three gems are of the same sort.
GEMS FOR FEMININE NAMES:
Adelaide............Andalusite Agnes...............Agate Alice...............Alexandrite Anne................Amber Beatrice............Basalt Belle...............Bloodstone Bertha..............Beryl Caroline............Chalcedony Catherine...........Cat's-eye Charlotte...........Carbuncle Clara...............Carnelian Constance...........Crystal Dorcas..............Diamond Dorothy.............Diaspore Edith...............Eye-agate Eleanor.............Elaeolite Elizabeth...........Emerald Ellen...............Essonite Emily...............Euclase Emma................Epidote Florence............Fluorite Frances.............Fire-opal Gertrude............Garnet Gladys..............Golden Beryl Grace...............Grossularite Hannah..............Heliotrope Helen...............Hyacinth Irene...............Iolite Jane................Jacinth Jessie..............Jasper Josephine...........Jadeite Julia...............Jade Louise..............Lapis-lazuli Lucy................Lepidolite Margaret............Moss-agate Martha..............Malachite Marie...............Moldavite Mary................Moonstone Olive...............Olivine Pauline.............Pearl Rose................Ruby Sarah...............Spodumene Susan...............Sapphire Therese.............Turquoise
GEMS FOR MASCULINE NAMES:
Abraham.............Aragonite Adolphus............Albite Adrian..............Andalusite Albert..............Agate Alexander...........Alexandrite Alfred..............Almandine Ambrose.............Amber Andrew..............Aventurine Archibald...........Axinite Arnold..............Aquamarine Arthur..............Amethyst Augustus............Agalmatolite Benjamin............Bloodstone Bernard.............Beryl Charles.............Chalcedony Christian...........Crystal Claude..............Cyanite Clement.............Chrysolite Conrad..............Crocidolite Constantine.........Chrysoberyl Cornelius...........Cat's-eye Dennis..............Demantoid Dorian..............Diamond Edmund..............Emerald Edward..............Epidote Ernest..............Euclase Eugene..............Essonite Ferdinand...........Feldspar Francis.............Fire-opal Frederick...........Fluorite George..............Garnet Gilbert.............Gadolinite Godfrey.............Gagates Gregory.............Grossularite Gustavus............Galactides Guy.................Gold quartz Henry...............Heliolite Herbert.............Hyacinth Horace..............Harlequin opal Hubert..............Heliotrope Hugh................Heliodor Humphrey............Hypersthene James...............Jade Jasper..............Jasper Jerome..............Jadeite John................Jacinth Joseph..............Jargoon Julius..............Jet Lambert.............Labradorite Lawrence............Lapis-lazuli Leo.................Lepidolite Leonard.............Loadstone Mark................Malachite Matthew.............Moonstone Maurice.............Moss-agate Michael.............Microcline Nathan..............Natrolite Nicholas............Nephrite Oliver..............Onyx Osborne.............Orthoclase Osmond..............Opal Oswald..............Obsidian Patrick.............Pyrope Paul................Pearl Peter...............Porphyry Philip..............Prase Ralph...............Rubellite Raymond.............Rose-quartz Richard.............Rutile Robert..............Rock-crystal Roger...............Rhodonite Roland..............Ruby Stephen.............Sapphire Theodore............Tourmaline Thomas..............Topaz Valentine...........Vesuvianite Vincent.............Verd-antique Walter..............Wood-opal William.............Willemite |
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