gemstone
a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
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How to use gemstone in a sentence
In Ocean Beach, vendors cram into a small park space selling gemstones, hot dogs and clothing.
Entrepreneurs Want Room to Grow Their Businesses Beyond San Diego’s Sidewalks | Andrea Lopez-Villafaña | November 29, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoBy using recycled metals and gemstones, Madison is at the cutting edge of this sparkling revolution.
The highly-prized gemstones are uniquely useful samples that preserve secrets to Earth’s ancient past.
Diamonds contain remnants of Earth’s ancient atmosphere | Monroe Hammond | July 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceRocks are made up of many different minerals mixed together, and gemstones are particularly structurally perfect pieces of mineral crystals.
How minerals and rocks reflect rainbows, glow in the dark, and otherwise blow your mind | Lauren Leffer | June 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceRight now, official statements about Germany’s debt to Namibia do not account for those gemstones at all.
As Germany Acknowledges Its Colonial-Era Genocide in Namibia, the Brutal Legacy of Diamond Mining Still Needs a Reckoning | Steven Press | June 10, 2021 | Time
The look is normally accessorized with large and expensive gemstone earrings, long nails, and broad-shouldered jackets.
Russian Politicians Flaunt '80s Style At The Kremlin | Anna Nemtsova | October 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOn its highest hill stood a vision of marble and gold–a fortress in gemstone–the Temple.
The City of Delight | Elizabeth MillerArticles on gemstone localities, identification, and history.
Natural Gemstones | VariousA precious gemstone has beauty, durability, and rarity, whereas a semiprecious gemstone has only one or two of these qualities.
Natural Gemstones | VariousThe four organic gemstone groups listed below are highly prized for their beauty and rarity.
Natural Gemstones | Various
British Dictionary definitions for gemstone
/ (ˈdʒɛmˌstəʊn) /
a precious or semiprecious stone, esp one cut and polished for setting in jewellery: Related adjective: lapidary
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