Israel FDC on "High Priest's Breastplate (2)"

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High Priest's Breastplate (2)

Date of Issue : 17 April 2012

(Top FDC)
Dan: Leshem – Zircon (Red – yellow). Zircon is a zirconium silicate mineral and its colour comes from trace element impurities. The possible location of mineral deposit was Upper Egypt.

Naftali: Ahlamah – Amethyst (Red Wine). Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz, silicon dioxide, containing iron impurities, which give it its colour. The possible location of mineral deposit was Nubian Desert.

(2nd FDC)
Issachar: Sapir - Lazurite (Dark Blue). Lazurite is a feldspathoid mineral and a member of the sodalite group, with sulphate, sulphur and chlorine. Sapphires were not known in the Middle East at the time. The possible location of mineral deposit was Sar-e-Sang deposits, Badkhshan, Afghanistan.

Zevulun: Yahalom – Quartz (White). Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust and is composed of silicon and oxygen. Diamond was not known in ancient times. The possible location of mineral deposits was Upper Egypt or Sinai.