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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 4463214, member: 649"]Technically, two very different things.</p><p>The majority of "everyday" cameos of the middle classes were/are carved from helmet shell. Usually, the "better" cameos were carved from stone, such as carnelian.</p><p>That said, "carnelian" and "sardonyx" (stone examples) are <i>sometimes</i> confusingly used as descriptors for the colors of helmet shell... which can be lighter/orange-ish and referred to as carnelian shell, or darker/brown-ish and referred to as sardonyx shell.</p><p>Just to clarify. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 4463214, member: 649"]Technically, two very different things. The majority of "everyday" cameos of the middle classes were/are carved from helmet shell. Usually, the "better" cameos were carved from stone, such as carnelian. That said, "carnelian" and "sardonyx" (stone examples) are [I]sometimes[/I] confusingly used as descriptors for the colors of helmet shell... which can be lighter/orange-ish and referred to as carnelian shell, or darker/brown-ish and referred to as sardonyx shell. Just to clarify. :)[/QUOTE]
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