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
The Little Prince
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
1984
Pride and Prejudice
The Secret History
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
The Alchemist
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Goldfinch
To Kill a Mockingbird
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
All the Light We Cannot See
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanBy the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Jewelry Box
750 books — 102 voters
Southern Solstice by Sarah SadlerGlitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time by Jennifer   WrightCatalina by Karla Cornejo VillavicencioThe Magic of Crystals and Gems by Cerridwen GreenleafThe Weird Sister Collection by Marisa  Crawford
Bejeweled Covers
5 books — 1 voter

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamilloThe Bride Backfire by Kelly Eileen HakeStorm Glass by Maria V. SnyderThe Opal Deception by Eoin ColferAll I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead by Petra Palerno
"Opal"
41 books — 8 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteNight Night, Sleep Tight by Hallie EphronThe Finishing Touches by Hester BrownePearl by Jo Knowles
Pearls on the Cover
126 books — 17 voters


Aspen Matis
The New York sidewalk led us along a little corner park rimmed with yellow-orange and violet pansies that seemed to be smiling, their faces upturned, and past a bagel shop that smelled of sesame and salt, delicious warm air. We passed an empty wine bar with a pink chandelier, whimsical and dim inside, and a neighborhood diner with its blue neon sign huge and lit up, little white line-cook hats—the city seemed in my vision like a multifaceted gem, spectacular. I wished I could keep everything I w ...more
Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

Jennifer Donnelly
Funny, 'ow you can 'old a jewel in your 'and, and toss it away, and not even know what you 'ad until it's gone. ...more
Jennifer Donnelly, The Tea Rose

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