Gemstones

A gemstone (also called a gem, fine gem, jewel, precious stone or semi-precious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli) or organic materials that are not minerals (such as amber or jet) are also used for jewelry and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their luster or other physical properties that have aesthetic value. Rarity is another characteristic that lends value to a gems ...more

The Book Thief
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
The Little Prince
Pride and Prejudice
1984
The Alchemist
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
The Secret History
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
The Night Circus

Tea Cooper
She could see why men and women through the ages had become besotted with opals. It was as though an almighty hand had scooped a palmful of emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, and pearls and mixed their radiant hues. Fit for a queen. Such a noble stone.
Tea Cooper, The Woman in the Green Dress

Oscar Wilde
He would often spend a whole day settling and resettling in their cases the various stones that he had collected, such as the olive-green chrysoberyl that turns red by lamplight, the cymophane with its wirelike line of silver, the pistachio-coloured peridot, rose-pink and wine-yellow topazes, carbuncles of fiery scarlet with tremulous, four-rayed stars, flame-red cinnamon-stones, orange and violet spinels, and amethysts with their alternate layers of ruby and sapphire. He loved the red gold of t ...more
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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