The king
James version has a total of 1,704 references to Gemstones and Minerals under
124 Hebrew and Greek names...
1. ADAMANT
( A very hard stone, possibly Corundum, this stone is a mineral )
Ezekiel 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear
them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they [be] a rebellious house.
Zechariah 7:12 Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they
should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his
spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of
hosts.
2. AGATE
( A semiprecious stone of the quartz )
Exodus 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning
work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and
[of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exodus 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of
stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this
shall be] the first row.
Exodus 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
3. ALABASTER
( White and translucent gypsum of fine texture )
Mark 14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at
meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very
precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.
Songs 5:14 His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as]
bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.
Songs 5:15 His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:
his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the
cedars.
4. AMBER
( A yellow to orange-brown translucent gem material, resin of extinct varieties
trees )
Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a
great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and a bright ness [was] about it, and
out of the midst thereof as the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
5. AMETHYST
( A clear lavender to bluish violet variety of crystal quartz gem )
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
6. ANTIMONY
( A bright slivery-white mineral metallic element, composed of antimony and
sulfur )
Isaiah 54:11 O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, [and] not comforted,
behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy
foundations with sapphires.
Isaiah 54:12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of
carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
7. ASPHALT
(Organic material in the form of different minerals, liquid to solid petroleum)
Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for
mortar.
Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose
top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
8. BDELLIUM
( unknown mineral, is believed to been part of an opal )
Genesis 2:12 And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the
onyx stone
9. BERYL
( A silicate of beryllium and aluminum, crystals of great hardness )
Exodus 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall
be set in gold in their inclosing.
Revelation 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like unto a
stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as
crystal;
10. BITUMEN
( A mineral pitch or asphalt, inflammable , waterproofer )
Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
11. BRASS
( An alloy of copper and Zink , bronze )
Deuteronomy 8:7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land
of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that
spring out of valleys and hills;
Deuteronomy 8:9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou
shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of
whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
12. BRIMSTONE
( A bright yellow nonmetallic element, combines with
crystal, masses, crust, powers, sulfur dioxide )
Luke 17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all.
Ezekiel 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and
I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many
people that [are] with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and
brimstone.
Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and
fire from the LORD out of heaven;
13. BRONZE
( An alloy of copper and tin, brass of a varying percentages of each metal )
Mark 7:4 And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not.
And many other things there be, which they have
received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of
tables.
Exodus 27:10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall
be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets
[shall be of] silver.
Exodus 27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and
all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.
1Kings 7:45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these
vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, [were of] bright brass.
2Chronicles 2:14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father
[was] a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in
silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in
fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of
graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy
cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
14. CARBUNCLE
( Several of the red precious stones, such as ruby's )
Exodus 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of
stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this
shall be] the first row.
15. CARNELIAN ( CORNELIAN )
( A reddish variety of Chalcedony without crystal form jewel )
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
16. CHALCEDONY
( A translucent to transparent cryptocrystalline of quartz with a waxy luster
white, grayish and pale blue in color stone )
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
17. CHALK ( CHALKSTONES ) ( GYPSUM ) ( PLASTER ) ( MOTAR )
( A very soft limestone. white or gray or buff in color. composed of fossil
shells )
Isaiah 27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this
[is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the
groves and images shall not stand up.
Ezekiel 13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying,
Peace; and [there was] no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered [morter]:
18. CHRYSOLITE
( compound of magnesium, iron, silica, oxygen, olivine, transparent gemstone )
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
19. CHRYSOPRASE ( CHRYSOPRASUS )
( A rare apple green chalcedony, nickel minerals gold and parson )
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
20. CLAY
( A earthy material, such as feldspars, plastic when moist, but hard when dried
)
Psalm 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.
1Chronicles 4:23 These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among plants
and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and
wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job 33:6 Behold, I [am] according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed
out of the clay.
21. COAL
( Black minerals , ember burning fuel, charcoal )
Isaiah 6:6 Then flew one of the seraphim's unto me, having a live coal in his
hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
Psalm 140:10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire;
into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
2Samuel 14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid,
and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the
life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they
shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave
to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.
Proverbs 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink:
Proverbs 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD
shall reward thee.
22. COPPER
( A Metallic element, reddish in color, brass, metal )
Deuteronomy 8:9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou
shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of
whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Ezra 8:27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of
fine copper, precious as gold.
Exodus 38:8 And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass,
of the looking glasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1Samuel 17:5 And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed
with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand
shekels of brass.
1Samuel 17:6 And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of
brass between his shoulders.
2Samuel 21:16 And Ishbibenob, which [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight
of whose spear [weighed] three hundred [shekels] of brass in weight, he being
girded with a new [sword], thought to have slain David.
23. CORAL
( A branching hornlike skeleton of different sea organisms , colors in red blue
white )
Job 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of
understanding?
Job 28:18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of
wisdom [is] above rubies.
Ezekiel 27:16 Syria [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares
of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
24. CRYSTAL
( A clear quartz with 6 sides and sharply pointed )
Job 28:17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it
[shall not be for] jewels of fine gold.
Ezekiel 1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living
creature [was] as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their
heads above.
Revelation 4:6 And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto
crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the
throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Revelation 21:11 Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like unto a
stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as
crystal;
Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as
crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
25. DIAMOND
( A crystallized pure carbon gemstone, this stone cannot be man made.)
Jeremiah 17:1 The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the
point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Exodus 28:18 And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a
diamond.
Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone
[was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and
the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of
thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
26. EMERALD
( A variel of Beryl gemstones, Transparent stone, Green in color )
Revelation 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine
stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an
emerald.
27. FLINT
( A massive microcrystalline variety of quartz , A very hard and brittle rock,
colors usually a smoky brown, smoke gray, brownish black )
Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness,
[wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no
water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he
might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to
suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
28. GLASS
( A noncrystalline transparent substance, made by bonding three minerals
together under intense heat, sand, soda, lime )
Revelation 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the
city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Job 37:18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, [which is] strong, [and] as a
molten looking glass?
29. GOLD
( A bright yellow metallic chemical element )
Job 28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold [where]
they fine [it].
Exodus 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make
unto you gods of gold.
30. HYACINTH
( A variety of zircon, a transparent blue-brown to reddish-orange color
gemstones )
Exodus 28:15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning
work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make
it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine
twined linen, shalt thou make it.
31. IRON
( A gray metallic chemical elements both malleable and ductile metal )
Deuteronomy 8:9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou
shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
32. JACINTH
( A nearly pure orange gemstone zircon )
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
33. JADE
( A tough mineral gemstone, jasper, nephrite and jadeite, usually green in color
)
Exodus 28:20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall
be set in gold in their inclosing.
34. JASPER
( An opaque cryptocrystalline quartz, red, brown, yellow, green in color )
Revelation 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine
stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an
emerald.
Revelation 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the
city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
35. LAPIS ( LAZULI )
( A gem rock of several minerals, has a rich azure blue color )
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was]
jasper;
the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
36. LEAD
( A heavy soft metallic chemical element compound with sulfur called galena )
Jeremiah 6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the
founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Exodus 15:10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as
lead in the mighty waters.
37. LIGURE
( A variety of precious stones , Jacinth, Hyacinth )
Exodus 28:19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
38. LIME
( An infusible white solid limestone, forms of calcium carbonate )
Isaiah 33:12 And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns
cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
Amos 2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the bones of
the king of Edom into lime:
39. MALACHITE
( A vivid green, often banded, copper minerals which occurs with azurite.A
hydrous copper carbonate )
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
40. MARBLE
( Applies to any hard limestone granular to compact in texture, able to take a
high polish compacted and crystalline to physical changes brought by heat and
pressure during periods of metamorphism )
Revelation 18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;
for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
Revelation 18:12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and
of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most
precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
41. NITER
( A nitrate mineral, a compound of potassium, nitrogen, oxygen, often called
saltpeter popular name for niter )
Jeremiah 2:22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap,
[yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
42. OXNY
( An cryptocrystalline, chalcedonic quartz, different shades of colors.Black )
Genesis 2:11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth
the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;
Genesis 2:12 And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is] bdellium and the
onyx stone.
Exodus 28:9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names
of the children of Israel:
43. PEARL
( A dense concretion, lustrous and varying in color, almost white, formed as an
abnormal growth within the shell of some mollusks, ( Oyster Shells )
Matthew 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man,
seeking goodly pearls:
Matthew 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold
all that he had, and bought it.
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your
pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and
rend you.
44. PITCH
( A black dark brown substance as a residue in distilling, Tar, Petroleum,
Asphalt )
Genesis 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the
ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Isaiah 34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust
thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
45. QUARTZ
( Two elements, Silicone and Oxygen, often found in six-sided crystals )
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
46. RUBY
( A colorful precious stone, Red variety of corundum, often called an Oriental
Ruby )
Exodus 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of
stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.
Exodus 28:18 And the second row [shall be] an emerald, a sapphire, and a
diamond.
47. SALT
Minerals of sodium chloride, used to season and preserve food )
Leviticus 2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with
salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be
lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
48. SAPPHIRE
Corundum in transparent or translucent crystals used as gems, Blue in color )
Revelation 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on
them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the
heads of the horses [were] as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued
fire and smoke and brimstone.
Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as
it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.
49. SARDINE STONE
( A Quartz mineral named Sard )
Revelation 4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was
set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.
Revelation 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine
stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an
emerald.
50. SARDIUS ( SARD )
( A deep orange to brownish-red variety of Chalcedony, Variety of Carnelian )
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Exodus 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, [even] four rows of
stones: [the first] row [shall be] a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: [this shall be] the first row.
51. SARDONYX
( A combination of Onyx and Sard resembling Agate )
Revelation 21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth,
a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
52. SILVER
( A white metallic chemical, very resonant, ductile, and malleable, and capable
of a high degree of polish )
Genesis 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron
the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred
shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.
53. SLIME
( An Archaic, pitch or Asphalt )
Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn
them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis 14:10 And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slime pits; and the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that
remained fled to the mountain.
54. SOLDER
( An Alloy of different metals )
Isaiah 41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth
[with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the
soldering: and he fastened it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
55. STIBIC-STONE
( An archaic alternate name for stibnite, the mineral compound of the elements
Antimony and Sulfur )
Jeremiah 4:30 And [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting,
in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they
will seek thy life.
2Kings 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she
painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
56. SULFUR
( A nonmetallic element in nature, both free and combined with other elements,
Occurs as Yellow crystals, masses, crust, and in powder
form.highly Flammable , burning with a blue flame and releasing noxious odor
of sulfur dioxide )
Genesis 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and
fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Genesis 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
57. TIN
( A soft, faintly bluish-white, crystalline metallic element )
Numbers 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to
the battle, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD
commanded Moses;
Numbers 31:22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and
the lead,
Numbers 31:23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go
through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the
fire ye shall make go through the water.
Ezekiel 22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they
[are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are
[even] the dross of silver.
Ezekiel 22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become
dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:20 [As] they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,
into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt
[it]; so will I gather [you] in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave [you
there], and melt you.
58. TOPAZ
( A mineral made up of Fluorine, Aluminum, and silicone )
Job 28:12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of
understanding?
Job 28:19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued
with pure gold.
59. TURQUOISE
( A phosphate of aluminum, with substantial water content.. Blue to green
coloring gemstone, owing a minor amount of copper )
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Ezekiel 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and
their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
60. VERMILION ( CINNABAR )
( A bright, scarlet-red mineral, that is compound of the elements Mercury and
Sulfur )
Jeremiah 22:13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and
his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbor's service without wages, and
giveth him not for his work;
Jeremiah 22:14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers,
and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled with
cedar, and painted with vermilion.
61. WATER
( A fluid composed of two familiar gaseous elements, Hydrogen and oxygen,
definitely classed as a mineral )
Deuteronomy 11:10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not
as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and
wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Deuteronomy 11:11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, [is] a land of
hills and valleys, [and] drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Job 6:15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of
brooks they pass away;
Job 6:16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, [and] wherein the snow is
hid:
Job 6:17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are
consumed out of their place.
Psalm 147:16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like
ashes.
Psalm 147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his
cold?
Psalm 147:18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to
blow, [and] the waters flow.
Psalm 148:8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
62. ZIRCON
( A crystal gem of the element zirconium )
Revelation 21:18 And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and the
city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Revelation 21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were] garnished
with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation [was] jasper; the
second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
63. OIL
( Greasy combustible, fatty liquid substance obtained from animal. Such as motor
oil. Vegetable and mineral matter are used for cooking
and medicine)
Exodus 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet
incense,
Exodus 29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour [it] upon his
head, and anoint him.
Exodus 29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] upon the altar, and of
the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and
upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with
him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'
garments with him.