gemstone

Example Sentences

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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

To grow the gem, Ms Boons started with a ruby "seed" taken from waste gemstone offcuts.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

It was his job to inspect the gemstone.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin