Jet is a type of lignite, the lowest rank of coal, and is a gemstone. Unlike many gemstones, jet is not a mineral, but is rather a mineraloid. It is derived...
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nozzle or aperture Jet (gemstone), a black or brown semi-precious mineraloid Jet (mathematics), an operation on a differentiable function Jet (particle physics)...
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(such as amber, jet, and pearl) may also be used for jewelry and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some...
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This is a list of gemstones, organized by species and types. There are over 300 types of minerals that have been used as gemstones. Such as: Actinolite...
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Garnet (redirect from Garnet gemstone)
group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. All species of garnets possess similar physical properties...
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sea level rise since the last glacial period. Amber Dendrochronology Jet (gemstone) Paleobotany Xyloid lignite Ed Strauss (2001). "Petrified Wood from...
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world. Amber Amethyst Mountain Araucarioxylon arizonicum Fossil wood Jet (gemstone) Palmoxylon (petrified palmwood) Submerged forest Wood opal Mustoe,...
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of Isaac. The façade "da Acibecharía" (Galician name derived from the jet gemstone) is in the Praza da Inmaculada or Acibecharía, draining the last section...
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Apatite is rear and precious gemstone found in Chumar Bakhoor along with Aquamarine and Fluorite summayar nagar. Jet (Gemstone) Jet deposits are found in various...
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Oltu stone (category Gemstones)
kind of jet found in the region around Oltu town within Erzurum Province, eastern Turkey. The organic substance is used as semi-precious gemstone in manufacturing...
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Jewellery (section Other gemstones)
for example. For many centuries metal such as gold often combined with gemstones, has been the normal material for jewellery, but other materials such...
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artificial appearance and are not classed as precious gemstones, but rather "composite" gemstones. Jewelry applications of precious opal can be somewhat...
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Scarborough, England which resulted from mining for jet – fossilised wood which is valuable as a gemstone. A hobgoblin was reputed to live there. Mike Bagshaw...
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The Jetsons (redirect from Jet screamer)
(1980). Total Television. Penguin Books. "The Jetsons: Did you Know...?". Gemstone Publishing. May 16, 2003. Archived from the original on June 4, 2003. Retrieved...
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Turquoise (category Gemstones)
CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gemstone for millennia due to its hue. Like most other opaque gems, turquoise has...
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its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since antiquity. Amber is used in jewelry and as a healing agent in folk...
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or less "true to life" by using gemstones in different colours. A tiara can contain hundreds to thousands of gemstones of different sizes and cuts; almost...
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but weathers quickly on the surface. Olivine has many uses, such as the gemstone peridot (or chrysolite), as well as industrial applications like metalworking...
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Peridot (category Gemstones)
yellow-green transparent variety of olivine. Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color. Peridot can be found in mafic and ultramafic...
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Meanwhile, the British government entrusts Rick and Evelyn to take a gemstone called the Eye of Shangri-La back to China. During the Chinese New Year...
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other material. Brooches are frequently decorated with enamel or with gemstones and may be solely for ornament or serve a practical function as a clothes...
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Stonesetting (category Gemstones)
is the art of securely setting or attaching gemstones into jewelry. There are two general types of gemstone cutting: cabochon and facet. Cabochons are...
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sources of information. Bell, BreAnna (May 31, 2023). "'The Righteous Gemstones' Adds Stephen Dorff, Iliza Shlesinger, Sturgill Simpson, and Five Others...
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the legal drama Suits (2014–2019), and the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones (2022). Eric Anthony Roberts was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April...
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Hardstone (category Gemstones)
minerals such as amber and jet are included, as well as the mineraloid obsidian. Geologically speaking, most of the gemstones carved in the West are varieties...
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Look up sapphire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sapphire is a blue gemstone in the corundum family. Sapphire (s), SAPPHIRE, or The Sapphires may also...
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zirconia, cubic zirconia, is synthesized in various colours for use as a gemstone and a diamond simulant. Zirconia is produced by calcining zirconium compounds...
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The Prayer of a Righteous Man (category The Righteous Gemstones episodes)
season of the American dark comedy crime television series The Righteous Gemstones. It is the seventeenth overall episode of the series and was written by...
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Obsidian (category Gemstones)
ornamental purposes and as a gemstone. It presents a different appearance depending on how it is cut: in one direction it is jet black, while in another it...
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Pacific Wave colour, inspired by the colour of the pounamu, the prized gemstone found in New Zealand. The Air New Zealand Koru was woven through all Air...
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