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Pacitan Carnelian Stones
Pacitan carnelian stone is made from raw materials such as Jasper, fossil Wood, Kalsedon, and Kwarsa Sand, who found in many industrial centers around a small carnelian stone in some villages of Donorojo District.
As a product, carnelian stone is also a process through which the raw materials, material changes to a product called carnelian stone. The making process is the same, only sometimes when entering of polishing process have slightly different methods depending on the technology used. On every inches of stone material that has been selected, the cutting process is generally carried the first important step in accordance with the desired size. After doing the cutting, polishing step is usually done on traditional way or by using a modern machine.
Carnelian stone in the Melanesian family already has a variety of stories and superstitious things. People believe, once they used these stone they will never parting a part from the stone. As the people said, carnelian stone has a property, especially the five main colors, namely red, green, yellow, black, and white. “In accordance with the trust, and five colors that can affect the strength of human five senses.
We have also heard about the carnelian stone of Combong (air). Combong carnelian stone, and Kecubung Combong. But to find for the cone-shaped combong is quite difficult because it can be found only by mythically ways, such as on an elephant and sperm vermilion.
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