gemstone
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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
Shaped and coloured like the country’s rare gemstone, tanzanite, the sparkling new railway terminal in Dar es Salaam is a symbol of Tanzania’s transport ambitions.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
Such as the time he asked my favorite gemstone, and I blurted out topaz before thinking.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
"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
They won’t fetch as much without the luster of their Napoleonic ties, but they’ll still be evaluated on their natural qualities as gemstones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Shells and gemstones hang from her neck and are peppered across a brown, netted cover-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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 she was in the saddle, she could ride so fast that there was no chance of gemstones cropping up in her wake.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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