gemstone

Example Sentences

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On this tony man-made island in Newport Beach, stately homes with street-facing patios are clustered together on avenues named after gemstones.

From Los Angeles Times

Smuggling and illicit sales make it hard to know exactly how big the jade mining industry is, but revenue from sales of jade, pearls and gemstones is estimated to run in the billions of dollars.

From Seattle Times

Belgium, home of Antwerp, Europe’s largest diamond center, has been pushing for gemstones to be excluded.

From New York Times

In the process, she gave me a beautiful coat, a few unframed pieces of art that she said were “much more you than me,” and a lovely gemstone necklace.

From Washington Post

Andrews also called for cutting the Myanmar military's access to oil and gas revenue and foreign exchange reserves, plus international bans on purchases of Myanmar timber, gemstones, and rare earths.

From Reuters