Israel FDC on "High Priest's Breastplate (3)"

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Israel

High Priest's Breastplate (3)

Date of Issue : 26 June 2012

(Top FDC)
Asher: Tarshish – Aquamarine (Olive Green). Aquamarine is a blue-green variety of the mineral beryl, a beryllium aluminium silicate. Iron impurities give it its colour. The possible location of mineral deposit was Upper Egypt.

Gad: Shevo - Agate (Black, brown, white). Agate is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fine of grain size and brightness of colour. The possible location of mineral deposit was Red Sea Coast.

(2nd FDC)
Binyamin: Yashpeh – Jasper (Multicolored). Jasper, a form of chalcedony, is an opaque, impure variety of silica. The possible location of mineral deposit was Tel El Amarna, Egypt.

Yosef: Shoham – Onyx (Black). Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony, which is a microcrystalline form of silica. The possible location of mineral deposit was Nubian Desert.