[Jonty30]

Basically, as I understand it, anisotropic gems will shine with a different effect, depending on how you are angled to the gem in question.

So, depending on how you are looking at the walls of New Jerusalem, you will see something different with each gemstone. It will lighten and darken and shine in different colours and all sorts of stuff.

[Jonty30]

https://www.christianevidence.net/2018/09/the-12-foundation-stones-in-new.html

[Jonty30]

The odds of having chosen 12 anisotropic stones at random, of all known gemstones, was about 1/16,000. This gives evidence that the information came from God.

[AZJeep]

In the time of Revelation, they lacked the skills of precisely cutting the gemstones, especially the hard ones like diamond.
So gemstones were mostly just polished and used in their natural shapes (more-less).
The isotropic gemstones really need the cutting, and faceting to became beautiful, so they were not particularly valuable then.

[mistfree]

Who wrote this article? It says that the fourth stone was emerald then it says they’re ALL anisotropic then it says and I quote “ emerald, with all other gemstones being semi-precious. It turns out that they are isotropic, “

[metmom]

That makes some of the passages in Scripture make more sense.

That’s a fascinating bit of information.

Thanks for posting it.

[telescope115]

What a beautiful analysis! Not knowing all that much about gemstones, I never knew there WAS anisotropic and isotropic qualities to gemstones. I’ve read Revelation and remember the description of the New Jerusalem, and WOW, that’s amazing. It makes me smile, for sure.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Many thanks to you for this very enlightening post. He who has eyes to see, let him see.