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  2. 73 jewel-inspired baby names, from Amber to Onyx - AOL

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    Jewel-inspired baby names are as beautiful as a newborn baby themself. See unusual, cool and classic gem names for boys and girls. 73 jewel-inspired baby names, from Amber to Onyx

  3. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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    Gemstone. Group of precious and semiprecious stones—both uncut and faceted—including ( clockwise from top left) diamond, uncut synthetic sapphire, ruby, uncut emerald, and amethyst crystal cluster. 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 ...

  4. Jewel (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Jewel is an English given name often given in reference to the English vocabulary word meaning gemstone. The word jewel comes from the Old French word jouel, meaning toy or delight, and was ultimately derived from the Latin term jocus. The name might have originated as an affectionate pet name or been inspired by other gemstone names also in ...

  5. List of gemstones by species - Wikipedia

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  6. Carbuncle (gemstone) - Wikipedia

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    Carbuncle ( / ˈkɑːrbʌŋkəl /) is another name for a deep red almandine gemstone that has been cut with a smooth, convex face in a method called cabochon. [ 1] Traditionally, the term referred to any red gemstone, most often a red garnet. [ 2] Carbuncles and their chimeras have spanned three millennia. Intermingling red gems until the time ...

  7. Scutelleridae - Wikipedia

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    Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs.They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. With the name based on the Asian genus Scutellera, they are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the thoracic scutellum into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings. [1]

  8. Buprestidae - Wikipedia

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    Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.

  9. List of individual gemstones - Wikipedia

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    Logan Sapphire. Star of Bombay, given to Mary Pickford by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. Star of India. Stuart Sapphire. Black Star of Queensland. Star of Adam, with a weight of 1,404.49 carats (280.898 g), it is the largest star sapphire in the world. Queen Marie of Romania Sapphire.

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