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

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