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| amazonite |
a moderately hard, green form of microcline, sometimes used as a gemstone. |
| azurite |
a semiprecious gemstone cut from this mineral. [1/2 definitions] |
| cabochon |
a polished gemstone, usu. in the form of a circle or ellipse, without facets. [1/2 definitions] |
| cameo |
a method of carving a gemstone so as to leave a slightly raised image of one color and a background of another. [1/3 definitions] |
| carbuncle |
a dark gemstone, esp. a ruby sapphire. [1/2 definitions] |
| carnelian |
a hard red or reddish brown semiprecious gemstone. |
| chrysolite |
a usu. magnesium-rich form of olivine, used as a gemstone. |
| emerald |
a gemstone of brilliant, transparent, dark green beryl. [1/2 definitions] |
| facet |
one of the small, flat, polished faces of a cut gemstone. [1/4 definitions] |
| jacinth |
a reddish orange zircon or similar mineral, used as a gemstone. [1/2 definitions] |
| jewel |
a cut and polished gemstone, or an ornament made with gems and other costly material. [1/5 definitions] |
| rhodolite |
a pink, rose-red, or reddish violet variety of garnet, used as a gemstone. |
| rose quartz |
a pink or rose-colored variety of quartz, used as a gemstone. |
| ruby |
a deep red gemstone, or something made of this stone. [2/4 definitions] |
| sapphire |
a precious gemstone that is usu. deep blue. [1/2 definitions] |
| sard |
a hard orange or brownish red chalcedony, used as a gemstone. |
| sardonyx |
an onyx in which bands of sard alternate with a white chalcedony, used as a gemstone in cameos and the like. |
| tiger's-eye |
a semiprecious, golden brown gemstone of changeable luster, composed of quartz tinted by iron oxide, used for jewelry. |
| topaz |
a precious gemstone occurring in various colors, esp. yellow and brown. [1/2 definitions] |
| tourmaline |
a complex silicate mineral containing several elements, most importantly boron and aluminum, used in electronic instruments and, in its colorful and transparent varieties, as a gemstone. |
| truncate |
to cut off a point or edge of (a gemstone) to create a new facet. [1/4 definitions] |
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