false diamond


noun
  1. any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz

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How to use false diamond in a sentence

  • But I shouldn't think it would be worth your while to keep false diamond rings.

    Mark Mason's Victory | Horatio Alger
  • A bank-note, a ring, a false diamond (taken to be a true one), in a blue ribbon; and I have stolen them.

    Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I took dinner the other evening with the false diamond, and made but a surly appearance.

    Letters to an Unknown | Prosper Mrime
  • A man with a false diamond shuns the society of lapidaries, and it is upon this principle that superstition abhors science.