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Arts Bogdo (Arz Bogdo), Gobi Desert, Dornogovi Aimag, Mongolia
© Pavel M. Kartashov




A variety of Chalcedony

A brown to brownish-red translucent variety of Chalcedony. Pliny the Elder stated that it was named after Sardis, in Lydia, where it was first discovered; but the name probably came with the stone from Persia (Pers. sered, yellowish-red).

Classification of Sard

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Other Names for Sard

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Other Languages:
German:Sarder
Polish:Sard
Portuguese:Sárdio

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    • Localities for Sard

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    Germany
     
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Black Forest
        • Waldshut
          • Detzeln
    		Falkenstein, F. (2010): Ein bislang unbekanntes Mineral- und Fossilvorkommen im Porphyr-Steinbruch bei Detzeln, im südöstlichsten Schwarzwald. Aufschluss, 61, 157-74.
    India
     
    • Gujarat
      • Zaghadia (Jhagadia)
    		Richard M. Pearl: "Minerals of India", Mineral Digest, vol. 2.
    Mongolia
     
    • Dornogovi Aimag
      • Gobi Desert
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic
          • Tuldun river
    		Igor Savin data
    USA
     
    • California
      • Imperial Co.
        • Palo Verde Mts
          • Palo Verde District
    		MacFall, 1951. Gem Hunter's Guide, 1st ed.
    Pelletier, 1962. Mineral Species & Localities of Marin County
    • New Jersey
    		Gems and Minerals of America -Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
    • New Mexico
      • Cibola Co.
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
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