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Females: The upper forewing has a yellow discal patch above the blue area. The upper hindwing blue area is small and reduced to discal quadrate spots in 3 and 4. The females resemble those of the common gem (P. hewitsoni) but with yellow spots on the upper hindwing. The males of the blue gem are bluer than the common gem which is greener. [4]
Jeremejevite is an aluminium borate mineral with variable fluoride and hydroxide ions. Its chemical formula is Al 6 B 5 O 15 (F,OH) 3.It is considered as one of the rarest, thus one of the most expensive stones.
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are 1996 role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.They are the first installments of the Pokémon video game series, and were first released in Japan as Pocket Monsters Red [a] and Pocket Monsters Green, [b] followed by the special edition Pocket Monsters Blue [c] later that year.
In South American folklore, the carbuncle is a small elusive animal containing a mirror, shining gemstone or riches like gold. [4] [5] The description of the carbuncle vary, some saying it looks like a firefly in the night, or like having a bivalve-like shell and maize ear shape. [4]
Scientifically called "blue zoisite", the gemstone was renamed as tanzanite by Henry B. Platt, a great-grandson of Louis Comfort Tiffany and a vice president of Tiffany & Co., [17] who wanted to capitalize on the rarity and single location of the gem and thought that "blue zoisite" (which might be pronounced like "blue suicide") would not sell ...
The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw. It is most closely associated with the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra , Indonesia , but is also found throughout other ethnic groups in Southeast Asia .
This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. Minerals. There are over 300 types of minerals that have been used as gemstones. Such as: A–B
The Sunrise Ruby [1] [2] [3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2] [3] [4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi. [5]