The Margarite is a Pearl, and not a Stone; ’tis generated in shells, and is white; for whatsoever is generated in Animals, in a Man or Fish, is not properly a Stone, but only in the opinion of the vulgar: It is properly a depraved (or a transmuted) Nature on a Perfect Work.
The Jacynth is a yellow pellucid stone; ’tis also a Flower, the which the Poets fain to have been a Man.
The Sapphire is a Skie-colour stone, of a Celestial nature.
The Ruby is a stone deeply red.
The Carbuncle is a stone of the Sun, emits light and splendour, like to the Sun in his own nature.
Coral also is like to a stone, all red, it grows in the sea, on wood or a shrub, of the nature of the Water and Air; ’tis presently changed by the Air, and turns to a stone, grows red, is incombustible in the Fire, and therefore may be esteemed a Stone.
The Chalcedony is a stone with bright and obscure colours, with mixt and cloudy fluidities and colours, ruddy, like to a Liver, the vilest of all the Gemms, shining with every colour.
The Topas is a stone, shining also in the night; ’tis found in either rocks or stones.
The Amethist is a stone of a red and yellow; it shines.
The Crysopassus is a stone fiery in the Night, and in the day it appears Golden coloured.