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| | Gemstone Logic |
 | | Usually small, under 2 carats, larger specimens tend to be very dark and, when cut into large cabachons, are referred to as carbuncles, from the Latin carbo meaning coal, referring to the similarity of color and reflection. |
 | | Czechoslovakia, Brazil, Argentina, Tanzania, Russia, Australia, Norway, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, India, and several states in the U.S. including North Carolina, Arkansas, and the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. |
 | | Ancient civilizations separated by oceans have similar stories of snakes which would carry a light, a garnet, in either forehead or mouth and could be stolen when the snake would drop it to look at it. |
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