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Given name Metta (given name) Given name Mette: Given name Onyx: Onyx Given name / surname From the quartz gemstone Onyx. [5] Opal: Opal (given name) Given name Pearl: Pearl (given name) Given name Pegeen: Given name Peggy (given name) Given name Diminutive name derived from Margaret. Pnina: Given name Jewish feminine given name meaning "pearl ...
The OED defines pyrope (from Greek Πυρωπός, lit. "fire-eyed")" as: "In early use applied vaguely to a red or fiery gem, as ruby or carbuncle; (mineralogy) the Bohemian garnet or fire-garnet"; and carbuncle or carbuncle-stone (from Latin "carbunculus", "small glowing ember") as: "A name variously applied to precious stones of a red or ...
Eilat stone; Epidosite; Glimmerite; Goldstone (glittering glass) Hawk's eye; Helenite (artificial glass made from volcanic ash) Iddingsite; Kimberlite; Lamproite; Lapis lazuli; Libyan desert glass; Llanite; Maw sit sit; Moldavite; Obsidian; Apache tears; Pallasite; Peridotite (also known as olivinite) Siilinjärvi carbonatite; Soapstone (also ...
This is a list of minerals which have Wikipedia articles. Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish the various species .
Bahia Emerald [2]; Carolina Emperor, [3] [4] 310 carats uncut, 64.8 carats cut; discovered in the United States in 2009, resides in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, US
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A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.
Rhinestones are sized by using the term "ss," or stone size, following a number to indicate size (e.g. 8ss is equivalent to 2.3 mm diameter, 10ss is 2.8 mm). [3] Many of the commonly used rhinestone sizes are slightly smaller than currency. [4] SS is more commonly used for apparel means, while PP (or pearl plate) is used for jewelry. [5]