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  2. Kaustubha - Wikipedia

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    Among the first few treasures that emerged was the kaustubha, described to be an "excellent gem, the lotus-hued ruby". [3] The Skanda Purana describes the nature of this gem: [4] From the ocean that was being churned emerged a highly refulgent, extremely bright, most excellent gem having the brilliance of the Sun. It was called Kaustubha.

  3. Jiaobei - Wikipedia

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    Moon blocks or jiaobei (also written as jiao bei etc. variants; Chinese: 筊杯 or 珓杯; pinyin: jiǎo bēi; Jyutping: gaau2 bui1), also poe (from Chinese: 桮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe; as used in the term "poe divination"), are wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to seek divine guidance in the form of a yes or no question.

  4. Path of Exile - Wikipedia

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    Path of Exile (full release) 23 October 2013 In October 2013, Path of Exile officially launched leaving what had been Open Beta, the launch was an expansion that changed the shape of the game. Originally Open Beta version 0.10.0 in January 2013 marked the point where Path of Exile was opened to the public as a free-to-play game.

  5. Path of Exile 2 - Wikipedia

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    Like its predecessor, Path of Exile 2 is a top-down action role-playing video game. It introduces a new skill system with 240 active skill gems and 200 support gems. There will be twelve character classes that have three ascendancy classes each. New weapons will be introduced such as spears, crossbows and flail, as well as supplementary items ...

  6. Pe̍h-ōe-jī - Wikipedia

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    Pe̍h-ōe-jī (Taiwanese Hokkien: [pe˩ˀ o̯e̞˩ d͡ʑi˧] ⓘ, English approximation: / p eɪ w eɪ ˈ dʒ iː / pay-way-JEE; abbr. POJ; lit. ' vernacular writing '), sometimes known as Church Romanization, is an orthography used to write variants of Hokkien Southern Min, [2] particularly Taiwanese and Amoy Hokkien, and it is widely employed as one of the writing systems for Southern Min.

  7. Transfiguration - Wikipedia

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    Transfiguration (Artemiy Artemiev & Peter Frohmader album), 2002; Transfiguration (Alice Coltrane album), 1978; Transfiguration (James Brandon Lewis album), 2024 "Transfiguration", a song by Aghora from the album Aghora, 2003

  8. Engraved gem - Wikipedia

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    Early examples are mostly in softer stones. Gems of the 6th century are more often oval, [7] with a scarab back (in the past this type was called a "scarabaeus"), and human or divine figures as well as animals; the scarab form was apparently adopted from Phoenicia. [8]

  9. Langgan - Wikipedia

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    Langgan (Chinese: 琅玕) is the ancient Chinese name of a gemstone which remains an enigma in the history of mineralogy; it has been identified, variously, as blue-green malachite, blue coral, white coral, whitish chalcedony, red spinel, and red jade.