lapidify

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Then, sapphire represents the lofty aspirations of the soul, chalcedony charity, sard and onyx candor, beryl allegorizes theological science, hyacinthe humility, while the ruby appeases wrath, and emerald 'lapidifies' incorruptible faith.

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Yet when the whole is lapidified, it may not form one homogeneous mass of stone or metal.

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