enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Lapis lazuli - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_Lazuli

   Lapis lazuli (UK: / ˌ l æ p ɪ s ˈ l æ z (j) ʊ l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ʊ-,-ˌ l i /; US: / ˈ l æ z (j) ə l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ə-,-ˌ l i /), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

3. Moonstone (gemstone) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonstone_(gemstone)

   The name moonstone derives from the stone's characteristic visual effect, called adularescence (or schiller), which produces a milky, bluish interior light. This effect is caused by light diffraction through alternating layers of orthoclase and albite within the stone.

4. Luminous gemstones - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_gemstones

   In 1735, the French chemist Charles François de Cisternay du Fay determined that lapis lazuli, emerald, and aquamarine were luminescent. Josiah Wedgwood, in 1792, found phosphoresce from rubbing together two pieces of quartz or of agate, and wrote that the ruby gives "a beautiful red light of short continuance."

5. Gemstone Meanings: Power and Significance of the 25 Most ...

   www.aol.com/gemstone-meanings-power-significance...

   Citrine “A powerful gemstone crystal in a range of deep yellows, oranges, and yellow-cream-white, the citrine gemstone is said to bring abundance and wealth into one’s life,” Salzer says.

6. Move over diamonds, these little-known gemstones are heating up

   www.aol.com/move-over-diamonds-little-known...

   Lily Gabriella's "Memphis Deco Pin," is crafted in 18-carat rose gold and platinum and features a 7.34 carat grey spinel cushion, princess cut pink sapphires and custom cut lapis lazuli (price on ...

7. Jewellery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewellery

   Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) ... 1 necklace with rounded lapis lazuli beads including: 28 rounded lapis lazuli beads, [and] 29 fluted beads for its clasp.