Category:Ligure

Lig"ure, n. Etym: [L. ligurius, Gr. leshem.]

Defn: A kind of precious stone. The third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. Exodus 28:19.

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Ligure - (Heb. leshem ) occurs only in Exodus 28:19 and Exodus 39:12, as the name of a stone in the third row on the high priest's breastplate. Some have supposed that this stone was the same as the jacinth (q.v.), others that it was the opal. There is now no mineral bearing this name. The "ligurite" is so named from Liguria in Italy, where it was found.