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Carbuncle
Many virtues are attributed to carbuncles. It is related that those who wear them can resist poisons and are preserved from the pest. They dissipate sadness, control incontinence, avert evil thoughts and dreams, exhilarate the soul and foretell misfortunes to man by losing their native splendor.
Chalcedony
Perforated, spherical beads of milky-white chalcedony are worn at the present day by Italian peasant-women to increase the supply of milk. Hence the Italian name for such a bead, pietra lattea. Perforated beads of white steatite, belonging to the early Iron Age, have been found near Perugia, where the chalcedony beads are worn, and it is believed that these steatite beads were borne for the same purpose. |
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