📖 Definitions of "Gemstones"
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A gem, usually made of minerals.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gemnoun | A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine. |
| stonenoun | (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material. |
| gems | Gems, or gemstones, are polished, cut stones or minerals. |
| jewelsnoun | (slang) Family jewels; testicles. |
| opalsnoun | (chiefly Australia) The women's national basketball representative team of Australia. |
| pierresnoun | The capital city of South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Hughes County. |
| rocksnoun | (slang) Money. |
| sardsnoun | (mineralogy) A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. |
| stonesnoun | The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century |
| gemologicalnoun | Of or pertaining to gemology. |
| garnetsnoun | (historical) An old Russian dry measure, approximately 3.28 litres. |
| diamondsnoun | (card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♦. |
| sapphiresnoun | (countable) A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone. |
| gemologynoun | The art and science of gems. |
| crystalsnoun | an album by Sam Rivers released by Impulse! |
| agatesnoun | (countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two. |
| gemmologynoun | (mineralogy) the branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones |
| gemlike | Resembling a gem; thus, often brilliant and compact |
| chalcedoniesnoun | A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally. |
| amethystsnoun | A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone. |
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