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gemstone

[jem-stohn] / ˈdʒɛmˌstoʊn /


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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

But as eye-catching as the Elizabeth Stewart dress was, all eyes were on Seyfried's matching platinum hair and gemstone headpiece, which resembled leaves on a vine.

From BBC May 6, 2024

Under Desdemona’s direction, the two drab girls multiplied themselves into a small city of women, each with a signature laugh, a personal gemstone, a favorite song she hummed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Four miners in northern Afghanistan were suffocated to death by fumes this week while digging for gemstones, a local official told AFP on Saturday.

From Barron's Jan. 10, 2026

Shells and gemstones hang from her neck and are peppered across a brown, netted cover-up.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2025

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

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

When it was time, she stood in front of him and held out a shoebox encrusted with plastic gemstones.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser




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