THE CARBUNCLE GARNET GEMSTONE

​In the book of Moses, God designated the carbuncle gemstone to lie first in the second row of the Breastplate of Judgement, representing the Tribe of Levi. 

​St. Albert the Great tells us that through meditation with God, the virtues of the carbuncle stone helps it's wearer to:"dispel sorrow and gladden the heart," with God's permission; thus, encouraging it's bestowed to pray fervently for an increase in the virtues of faith, hope & joy.

​​-The virtues of the carbuncle stone from St. Albert the Great's medieval treatise, De Mineralibus