Talk:Carnelian

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[edit] Infamous

Infamous: ill-famed: having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"

Source: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

It really makes no sense to refer to Japanese artist CARNELIAN as being "infamous". I believe this was a mistake and corrected it.

[edit] illustration

Isn't this illustration really wrong, this is a mineral and the picture is not of the mineral, just a seal impression of a seal made of that mineral.Moheroy 02:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Carnelian is an uncommon gemstone. remember that there is the gemology world out there as well, and this article just as well applies to gems as to minerals. You are looking at the article from ONE POV. SauliH 16:31, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RGB for Carnelian Red

Is an RGB value (#B31B1B) for carnelian red appropriate here? Aintaer 06:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Please can someone give an idea of size, such as a scale bar. This is very basic stuff. Not including these is bad practice and makes the images of very little value. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.64.39 (talk • contribs)

I have answered here. Best regards Rhanyeia 12:35, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hokey etymology

Hey guys - this bit seems hokey:

"Carnelian, sometimes spelled cornelian, is a red or reddish-brown variant of chalcedony. The word is derived from the Latin word meaning horn, in reference to the flesh color sometimes exhibited."

Two different etymologies have been spliced together here, resulting in a non sequitur. The first spelling, carnelian, suggests "flesh" (as in *carn*ivore). The second, cornelian, suggests "horn" (as in uni*corn*). Both are perfectly plausible theories, but I don't see how the word can be derived from both simultaneously (i.e., "from the Latin word meaning horn, in reference to the flesh color"). Or am I being dumb? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.195.144 (talk) 16:55, 6 April 2008 (UTC)