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2. Luminous gemstones - Wikipedia

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   An early example is the 3rd-century CE Greek Pseudo-Callisthenes Romance of Alexander that says Alexander the Great once speared a fish, "in whose bowels was found a white stone so brilliant that everyone believed it was a lamp. Alexander set it in gold, and used it as a lamp at night" (Laufer 1915: 58).

3. Spatika Lingam - Wikipedia

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   High quality quartz crystals are single-crystal silica with optical or electronic properties that make them suitable for hardstone carvings. The Hindu temples in South India use this semi-precious mineral for making Shiva Lingams. Sphatikam beads are made from translucent rose quartz are cut and polished as beads.

4. Quartz - Wikipedia

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   Quartz crystal demonstrating transparency. Pure quartz, traditionally called rock crystal or clear quartz, is colorless and transparent or translucent and has often been used for hardstone carvings, such as the Lothair Crystal. Common colored varieties include citrine, rose quartz, amethyst, smoky quartz, milky quartz, and others. [33]

5. Gemstone - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Rose Quartz (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Rose quartz is a type of quartz which exhibits a pale pink to rose red hue. Rose Quartz may also refer to: Rose quartz (color), a gray shade of magenta; Rose Quartz (Fabergé egg) Rose Quartz (My Little Pony), one of the Crystal Ponies from the My Little Pony franchise "Rose Quartz", a song by Toro y Moi from their album Anything in Return ...

7. List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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   State, federal district, territory Mineral Rock or stone Gemstone Alabama [1]: Hematite (1967): Marble (1969): Star blue quartz (1990): Alaska [2] [3]: Gold (1968 ...