amber
/ˈæmbɝ/
nouna clear resin of trees that is fossilized, with a yellowish-brown color, used as jewelry
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1. Amber, what did you do to your face?
2. Hi, my name is Amber.
3. Amber who visited Costa Rica with her Spanish class?
4. The amber colored Iron Ranger and the light brown 6-inch classic moc-toe.
5. Our traffic lights are going amber.
amethyst
/ˈæmɪθɪst/
nouna clear semi-precious gemstone that is a crystallized quartz, with a violet to purple range of color
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1. Okay, we each have an amethyst here.
2. Oh my goodness, and then, my amethyst will nestle right down in here. -
3. It's got amethyst in the middle!
4. That's an amethyst!
5. I'm amethyst.
aquamarine
/ˌɑkwəmɝˈin/
nouna clear semi-precious gemstone consisting beryllium, with a light blue to green range of color
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1. Oh, and here's a really nice aquamarine crystal.
2. One of Monet's favorite blues, French aquamarine, has a reflectance that looks like this.
3. This is their aquamarine green.
4. Although it's kind of an aquamarine today.
5. I'm going to try some aquamarine mojo up in here.
coral
/ˈkɔɹəɫ/
nouna hard substance created by a marine creature of warm waters that ranges from pink to red in color and is used in jewelry
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1. Now, corals actually produce these pigments all the time.
2. Staghorn coral morphs the form.
3. But brain coral grows just 1/10th of an inch per year.
4. Each tree can hold 100 corals.
5. Coral have the same issues.
emerald
/ˈɛmɝɹəɫd/, /ˈɛmɹəɫd/
nouna precious bright green gemstone, rich in beryllium and chromium
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1. All emeralds are grue!
2. Emerald, what could you possibly still not understand about this concept?
3. Emerald: "Of course you do."
4. But emeralds can be super pale.
5. Whats an emerald sword?
gem
/ˈdʒɛm/
nouna precious or semi-precious piece of stone cut and polished to make items of jewelry
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1. The May 1968 issue of Progressive Architecture has a lot of gems.
2. so here's this gem.
3. Most gems have impurities.
4. Maybe buy a couple gems here and there.
5. Cut gems.
jade
/ˈdʒeɪd/
nouna semi-precious gemstone that takes a high polish and is green, consisting of jadeite or nephrite
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1. China also exported raw materials like jade, silver, and iron.
2. - Jade, say hello.
3. Jade, sit.
4. My name is Jade.
5. My name is Jade.
jewel
/ˈdʒuəɫ/, /ˈdʒuɫ/
nouna precious or semi-precious piece of stone cut and polished to make items of jewelry
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1. The people from the village buy Sinbad's jewels.
2. I want jewels.
3. Jewels covered it.
4. Jewels covered it.
5. We've got jewels.
rhinestone
/ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/
nounan artificial stone made of crystal glass or acrylic to look like diamond, used on clothes and in making cheap jewelry
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1. Some are rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, little gems.
2. Everybody needs a rhinestone preying mantis.
3. Everybody needs a rhinestone praying mantis.
4. Rhinestones, eat your heart out, because these stunners are the real deal.
5. The rhinestone is attached with the same glitter nail polish.
opal
/ˈoʊpəɫ/
nouna semi-precious gemstone that is softer than quartz and its white color shifts under the light, used in jewelry making
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1. Opals are different.
2. We found an opal.
3. Opal fruit doesn't have the same-- - Opal fruit.
4. He got a fire opal.
5. Synthetic opals are much more porous than natural ones.
pearl
/ˈpɝɫ/
nouna hard shiny piece of mass that is shaped like a ball inside the shell of an oyster and is a highly valuable gem
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1. Oysters make pearls as a defensive response to foreign objects.
2. Out of a source of constant irritation, the oyster develops a pearl.
3. So here's Pearl jam.
4. Like here's the detailing and the pearls
5. Pearls melt in vinegar.
turquoise
/ˈtɝkwɔɪz/
nounan opaque semi-precious gemstone containing copper and aluminum phosphate, with a bluish-green color
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1. So turquoise was discovered some 6000 years ago.
2. Gold, turquoise, garnet are recurring things in the burials of the chieftains.
3. Again, turquoise is a mix between a brilliant blue and a brilliant green.
4. Hi, my name is Turquoise
5. - Turquoise, anything you learned?
ruby
/ˈɹubi/
nouna precious gemstone consisting of corundum with a color ranged between crimson red and pink
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1. Ruby: Remember!
2. Ruby: Wait!
3. Ruby: "Just making a cake."
4. Ruby: "Ask your cake butler."
5. Ruby: Missed!
sapphire
/ˈsæfaɪɝ/
nouna clear and precious gemstone consisting corundum that is usually blue but comes in many other colors except red
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1. Sapphire is up.
2. Pink sapphires are really cool.
3. And sapphire scratches at a level 8 or 9.
4. Sapphire has a totally different composition than glass.
5. The sapphire crayfish?
stone
/ˈstoʊn/
nouna small piece of rock that is cut and polished to be used in jewelry making
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1. There are long, white, empty beaches here and the 5,000-year-old stone circle at Callanish.
2. Stone strongly denies any wrongdoing in 2016.
3. - I hate stone.
4. It took stone.
5. You made stones?
crystal
/ˈkɹɪstəɫ/
nouna quartz that is clear with many solid sides formed when a substance is solidified in nature
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1. People love crystals.
2. You got crystals.
3. Crystals are great for energy.
4. Better yet, do crystals actually have healing properties.
5. Crystals are wonderful.
stud
/ˈstəd/
nouna small piece of jewelry with a short metal post that is pierced into a part of the body
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1. Hunter is going to be a stud, this young guy.
2. And over the course of a century, our Galaxy is likely to have dozens of new studs of light.
3. Find a stud?
4. - Studded.
5. Studs dig into the ice.
tiara
/tiˈɑɹə/
nouna piece of jewelry, decorated by gemstones, resembling a small crown worn on the front of the head by women
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1. [MUSIC PLAYING] Cotton pops, snow flakes-- Grab a tiara.
2. Oh, she's got a tiara!
3. She wears a tiara.
4. - Those tiaras are giving me life.
5. I like your tiara.
brilliant
/ˈbɹɪɫjənt/
nouna precious gemstone, particularly a diamond, that is cut with numerous facets to reflect light and create a dazzling appearance
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1. Another brilliant physicist, Alexander Friedmann, had also reached the same conclusion.
2. the dude is brilliant.
3. The script was brilliant.
4. Dogs are brilliant.
5. The end of the film was brilliant.
peridot
/ˈpɛɹɪdoʊ/, /ˈpɛɹɪdɔt/
nouna gemstone that typically ranges in color from yellow-green to olive-green and is composed of the mineral olivine
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1. Other Roman exports to the Saka kingdom included raw glass, copper, tin and lead, in addition to the aforementioned plain clothing, printed fabrics, red coral, and peridot gemstones, which were also exported to the Suren Kingdom of Indo-Parthia.
2. The trio's birthstones, peridot, emerald, and sapphire, are incorporated on the underside of the band.
moonstone
/ˈmunˌstoʊn/
nouna type of feldspar mineral that exhibits a unique adularescence effect, giving it a distinct glow or shimmer that appears to move across the surface of the stone
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1. This is a mini Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone.
2. Oh, formed out of moonstones.
3. Barbie needs the moonstone wand.
4. So it has four colors: Bronze, Summer, Moonstone, and Tourmaline.
5. This is called a Luxe Eye Shadow, and the color Moonstone.
agate
/ˈæɡət/
nouna type of chalcedony mineral characterized by its banded patterns and a hardness of 6.5-7 on the Mohs scale
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1. So I'll take one of the agate stones.
2. - What is an agate stone?
3. This is an agate stone.
4. Most agate shows up a little bit more like a rock.
5. This is agate.
topaz
/ˈtoʊˌpæz/
nouna silicate mineral that is valued as a gemstone, typically yellow to yellow-brown in color but can also be blue, green, pink, or clear
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1. So is topaz.
2. Here's a large topaz, blue topaz.
3. Here's a large topaz, blue topaz.
4. Well, my mother's family was interned in Topaz, Utah.
5. - It's topaz for November.
garnet
/ˈɡɑɹnət/
nouna mineral gemstone that typically exhibits shades of red, but can also appear in other colors such as green, orange, and brown
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1. These are red garnets here in a schist.
2. - I love the way garnets form!
3. Gold, turquoise, garnet are recurring things in the burials of the chieftains.
4. This is red garnet amaranth.
5. - That's garnet.
citrine
/ˌsɪˈtɹin/
nouna yellow to brownish quartz that is used as a gemstone
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1. And then we've got some citrine.
2. For my ring I went with a citrine with a yellow gold and it's a one color that goes well with my outfit as well as with my gold wedding band and my gold cuff links.
3. Citrine, yep, I love crystals.
4. It's citrine citrine affects your solar plexus chakra unlike any stone.
5. It's citrine citrine affects your solar plexus chakra unlike any stone.
tourmaline
/ˈtʊɹməˌɫin/
nouna mineral that typically occurs in various colors and is used as a gemstone in jewelry
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1. Our final example is tourmaline.
2. But green tourmalines specifically look like watermelons in a different way.
3. And cassiterite and tourmaline, and some other precious stones.
4. The gemstone tourmaline does.
5. Here's another paraiba tourmaline and diamond necklace.
baguette
/ˌbæˈɡɛt/
nouna type of rectangular-shaped gemstone, typically a diamond, with step-cut facets on the top and sides
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1. The baguettes sold already?
2. - Okay. - Hollowed out baguettes.
3. This baguette is awful.
4. Baguettes are very popular with French people.
5. The baguette is very warm.
diamond
/ˈdaɪmənd/
nouna very hard and clear crystal with no color, formed of pure carbon, used as a precious gemstone
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1. Lots of people have diamonds.
2. Diamonds are everywhere!
3. - Diamonds can cut glass.
4. Diamonds can cut glass.
5. The sediment will have diamonds!
onyx
/ˈɑnɪks/
nouna black or dark-colored variety of chalcedony, a type of cryptocrystalline quartz, often used as a gemstone or for decorative purposes
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1. The walls and floors and sinks, even the insides of the sinks, are onyx.
2. What is that, a diamond-cut onyx? -
3. - It's onyx.
4. Onyx is just a very classic stone
5. The tables here are onyx.
