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GEMSTONES OF THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM


"And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.  And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones.  The first foundation was jasper: the second, sapphire: the third, a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald: The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sard: the seventh, chrysolite: ​the eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the eleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst."

-Apocalypsis 21:10-11, 19-20 [Douay Rheims]

First Stone of the Foundation: JASPER

Second Stone of the Foundation: SAPPHIRE

Third Stone of the Foundation: CHALCEDONY

Fourth Stone of the Foundation: EMERALD

Fifth Stone of the Foundation: SARDONYX

Sixth Stone of the Foundation: SARD

Seventh Stone of the Foundation: CHRYSOLITE

Eighth Stone of the Foundation: BERYL

Ninth Stone of the Foundation: TOPAZ

Tenth Stone of the Foundation: CHRYSOPRASE

Eleventh Stone if the Foundation: JACINTH

Twelfth Stone of the Foundation: AMETHYST

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