[Avodah] Male and Female Gemstones !?

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From: SBA [mailto:sba at sba2.com] 
Sent: Friday, 16 May  2008 1:08 AM
To: 'areivim at lists.aishdas.org'
Cc: avodah
Subject: Male  and Female Gemstones !?

An interesting Rabenu Bachaye that I came upon  last week - on Kapos
"Temarim"....



....Ki bechol haminim  kulom - gam betzemochim gam bedomem - motzinu bederech
hateva zochor  unekeva". (V2, p 72)

The Shaarei Aharon explains 'bedomem' - 'kavonoso  be'avonim yekoros' =
gemstones.

This is new to me. Anyone know more  about this?

SBA 




>>>>>>
"For several hundred years it was believed that a Diamond had gender and  was 
labeled male or female based on its color, dark being male and light being  
female. There was even a belief in the mid-fifteen hundreds held by Francois  
Ruet that a male and female Diamond together could produce offspring."
 
I found that on a website devoted to birthstones.  Unfortunately it  had no 
further information on this point.


 
_http://www.gaiasjewelry.com/Jewelry_Gems.asp_ 
(http://www.gaiasjewelry.com/Jewelry_Gems.asp)  



--Toby  Katz
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