gems

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The 10th edition of the event dedicated to screening movies on nitrate film, at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, N.Y., featured a dizzying array of historical gems and Hollywood treasures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Supplementing the big-budget fare are lots of arthouse gems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

And then you realize those gems are everywhere — as far as the eye can see — because every single parking space in the valley is full.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"A stone of this colour and size is extremely scarce, and adding to its rarity the diamond is type Ia, amongst the purest of natural gems," it said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Above her brow her head was covered with a cap of silver lace netted with small gems, glittering white; but her soft grey raiment had no ornament save a girdle of leaves wrought in silver.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien