gemstone

The structure included a rounded base and a top with multiple flat faces resembling a cut gemstone.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026

These include unusual ones such as the gemstone eudialyte and steenstrupine, which contains other rare earths used in high-tech devices.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

In his hand he holds neither gemstone nor gold, but a gossamer-thin 20-shekel note held together with tape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

Underpinning this transformation has been Botswana’s huge diamond reserves - measured by their value, the country is the world’s largest producer of the gemstone.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024

Silvered steel and gold inlay brightened their armor, and their warhelms were crested in a riot of silken plumes, feathers, and cunningly wrought heraldic beasts with gemstone eyes.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

"A large variety of geological terrains exists, which have been formed by many different processes. As a result, Greenland has several types of metals, minerals and gemstones," it says in a document on its website.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

Inspired by nature, her abstract forms look like extraterrestrial corals, otherworldly weeds and rare gemstones from far off planets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

It also alleged that the 18-wheeler drivers’ conduct was “grossly negligent,” and it claimed that “lax security” by Brink’s allowed “jewelry and gemstones to be stolen right out from under the noses” of the workers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

India and Australia: meat, precious metals and gemstones, pharmaceutical drugs, cheap electronics, seafood, spices, tea, clothing, carpets, and construction material for all forms of transport.

From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2025

And there were beetles that could chew gemstones better than any jeweler could cut them, and silence trumpets that, when blown, blasted a blanket of quiet loud enough to smother thunder.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor