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GEMS & JEWELRY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MAY IS GREEN (BUT NOT WITH ENVY) WITH THIS BIRTHSTONE | EMERALD |
| IN SONG, THIS JULY BIRTHSTONE PRECEDES "TUESDAY" | RUBY |
| JIM BRADY WAS BORN ON AUGUST 12, 1856 BUT APRIL WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE APPROPRIATE, WITH THIS AS ITS STONE | DIAMOND |
| MOTHER-OF-THIS! IT'S JUNE'S STONE, ALONG WITH MOONSTONE AND ALEXANDRITE | PEARL |
| THAILAND AND MONTANA ARE IMPORTANT SOURCES OF THIS BLUE SEPTEMBER GEM | SAPPHIRE |
| ANOTHER DEFINITION FOR IT IS A BASEBALL FIELD | DIAMOND |
| THE NAME OF THIS MARCH BIRTHSTONE IS MADE UP OF 2 WATER RELATED WORDS | AQUAMARINE |
| THIS FEB. BIRTHSTONE IS A VIOLET VARIETY OF QUARTZ | AMETHYST |
| IN A 1969 HITCHCOCK FILM, A SPY RING HAS THIS CODE NAME, ALSO NOVEMBER'S BIRTHSTONE | TOPAZ |
| A PLANT WITH BUMPY, DARK GREEN LEAVES IS CALLED THIS MAY BIRTHSTONE "RIPPLE" | EMERALD |
| YOU'LL ALWAYS LOOK CULTURED IN THE CULTURED TYPE OF THIS JUNE BIRTHSTONE | PEARL |
| PRINCESS STEPHANIE OF MONACO WAS BORN TO THE PURPLE, SO IT'S FITTING THAT THIS IS HER BIRTHSTONE | AMETHYST |
| YOU'LL RARELY SEE A FLAW IN THIS SEA-COLORED GEM THAT'S A BIRTHSTONE FOR MARCH | AQUAMARINE |
| THE BIBLE TELLS US "THE PRICE OF WISDOM IS ABOVE" THESE GEMS, JULY'S BIRTHSTONE | RUBIES |
| AT 563 CARATS, THE STAR OF INDIA, A BLUE ONE OF THESE, IS A BIT LARGE FOR A PINKY RING | SAPPHIRE |
| THE "IMPERIAL" TYPE OF THIS NOVEMBER BIRTHSTONE IS HIGHLY PRIZED FOR ITS GOLDEN HUES | TOPAZ |
| THE 2 SHADES OF RED NAMED FOR JANUARY AND JULY'S BIRTHSTONES | GARNET & RUBY |
| THESE OCTOBER BIRTHSTONES MAY LOSE THEIR COLOR & CRACK IF ALLOWED TO DRY OUT | OPALS |
| MANY OF THESE GEMS, ONE OF JUNE'S BIRTHSTONES, COME FROM SRI LANKA, NOT THE LUNAR SURFACE | MOONSTONE |
| IN THE 1930S THE JAPANESE BEGAN CULTURING THESE GEMS IN LAKE BIWA USING MUSSELS | PEARLS |
| THE JUBILEE ONE OF THESE WAS SO-NAMED IN 1897 TO COMMEMORATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORIA'S CORONATION | DIAMOND |
| AS EARLY AS 3000 B.C., THIS GEMSTONE WAS KNOWN IN CHINA AS YU, OR THE "ROYAL GEM" | JADE |
| IF IT WAS FOUND IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO FIND INSECTS TRAPPED WITHIN THIS GEM | AMBER |
| THE NAME OF THIS SKY-BLUE STONE, INTRODUCED INTO EUROPE DURING THE CRUSADES, IS FROM THE OLD FRENCH FOR "TURK" | TURQUOISE |
| THE BRITISH MUSEUM HAS MYSTERIOUS TUBES CALLED CONG, CARVED OF THIS GREEN GEMSTONE CHERISHED IN CHINA | JADE |
| GREEN SERPENTINE IS MADE INTO A GEMSTONE THAT'S A COMMON SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS ONE | JADE |
| IT HAS THE HIGHEST REFRACTIVE INDEX OF ANY NATURAL GEMSTONE | DIAMOND |
| THIS RESINOUS GEMSTONE WAS SAID TO BE THE SOLIDIFIED TEARS OF APOLLO'S DAUGHTERS | AMBER |
| MINES FOR THIS GEMSTONE, LIKE THE "LAVENDER PIT" IN ARIZONA, ARE ALWAYS NEAR COPPER MINES | TURQUOISE |
| THE PRODUCT OF A LIVING ORGANISM, IT'S THE BIRTHSTONE FOR JUNE | PEARL |
| THE MOHS SCALE IS USED TO JUDGE THIS QUALITY OF GEMS; A DIAMOND RATES A 10 | HARDNESS |
| THIS TERM IS USED FOR RED VARIETIES OF THE GEM CORUNDUM | RUBY |
| STAR SAPPHIRES CONTAIN NEEDLES OF THE MINERAL RUTILE THAT REFLECT LIGHT IN STARLIKE RAYS, USUALLY THIS MANY | 6 |
| THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE OF A GEMSTONE CALLED TANZANITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1967 ON THIS CONTINENT | AFRICA |
| IT'S A CANINE TERM FOR A GEMSTONE COLLECTOR | ROCK HOUND |
| THIS GEMSTONE IS BASICALLY AN ONYX WITH ALTERNATING BANDS OF SAND AND OTHER MINERALS | SARDONYX |
| THIS UNIT OF WEIGHT USED FOR GEMSTONES EQUALS 200 MILLIGRAMS | CARAT |
| TYPES OF THIS HARD GEMSTONE USED IN ASIAN CARVINGS INCLUDE "MUTTON FAT", WHICH IS WHITE, AND "SPINICH", WHICH IS GREEN | JADE |
| A VARIETY OF SMOKY QUARTZ, CAIRNGORM IS A GEMSTONE THAT COMES FROM THE CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS OF THIS COUNTRY | SCOTLAND |
| IN CONSTRAST TO THE RED TYPES, THE UVAROVITE FORM OF THIS GEMSTONE IS A FINE GREEN | GARNET |
| TAKE YOUR GEMSTONES TO THIS SPECIALIST TO HAVE THEM CUT AND POLISHED | LAPIDARY |
| FROM THE LATIN FOR "STONECUTTER", IT'S THE CUTTING, POLISHING, AND ENGRAVING OF GEMSTONES | LAPIDARY |
| THE GEMSTONE JADE COMES FROM 2 MINERALS, JADEITE AND THIS ONE WHOSE NAME IS FROM THE GREEK FOR "KIDNEY" | NEPHRITE |
| THE LARGEST OF THESE RED GEMSTONES EVER DISCOVERED WAS A 400-CARAT ONE FOUND IN BURMA | RUBY |
| THE TOMB OF HAN KING LIU WU YIELDED HIS BODY AND A SHROUD MADE OF THIS GREEN GEMSTONE | JADE |
| NEPHRITE IS THE LESS PRIZED OF THE 2 MINERALS THAT FORM THIS GEMSTONE VALUED IN ASIA | JADE |
| ALEXANDRITE & THIS "FELINE" GEMSTONE ARE VARIETIES OF THE SAME MINERAL | CAT'S EYE |
| DEPOSITS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE ORANGE RIVER HAVE BEEN A RICH SOURCE OF THESE PRECIOUS GEMSTONES | DIAMONDS |
| THE "SHERRY" TYPE OF THIS GOLDEN GEMSTONE IS SOMETIMES HEATED TO TURN IT PINK | TOPAZ |
| THE OLD MASTERS CREATED THE PIGMENT ULTRAMARINE BY CRUSHING THIS 2-WORD BLUE GEMSTONE | LAPIS LAZULI |
| THIS PURPLE GEMSTONE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ST. MATTHIAS, THE APOSTLE WHO REPLACED JUDAS ISCARIOT | AMETHYST |
| THIS ADJECTIVE COULD MEAN "WORLD-WEARY" OR "COVERED WITH GREEN GEMSTONES" | JADED |
| THE NAME OF THIS GEMSTONE CAME FROM THE GREEK "SMARAGDOS", WHICH PROBABLY MEANT ANY GREEN STONE | EMERALD |
| THE STATE GEMSTONE OF WASHINGTON, IT'S NO LONGER WOOD BUT A STONY REPLICA | PETRIFIED WOOD |
| A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER IN THIS STATE GEMSTONE OF NEW MEXICO GIVES IT ITS BLUISH COLOR | TURQUOISE |
| THE KASHMIR VARIETY OF THIS GEMSTONE IS A CORNFLOWER BLUE; THE BURMESE A DEEPER BLUE | SAPPHIRE |
| THE NAME OF THIS GEMSTONE IS FROM THE PERSIAN "ZARGUN" MEANING GOLD-COLORED | ZIRCON |
| INTAGLIO AND CAMEO ARE PRINCIPAL FORMS OF DOING THIS TO GEMSTONES | CARVING (ENGRAVING) |
| THIS RED GEM IS THE TRADITIONAL GIFT FOR A 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY | RUBY |
| MOTHER-OF-PEARL IS ALSO CALLED THIS | NACRE |
| THIS GEM IS NAMED FOR BEING THE COLOR OF SEA WATER | AQUAMARINE |
| L. FRANK BAUM HAD THIS BIRTHSTONE, THE SAME AS THE NAME OF A CITY HE CREATED | EMERALD |
| THE MOST PRIZED OF THESE FIERY GEMS ARE THE BLACK ONES FOUND IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA | OPAL |
| THE ANKLE TYPE OF THIS IS USUALLY WIDER IN CIRCUMFERENCE THAN THE KIND YOU WEAR AROUND YOUR WRIST | BRACELET |
| ONCE REPORTEDLY WORN IN A SULTAN'S BELT BUCKLE, A 75-CARAT ONE OF THESE GREEN GEMS IS NOW IN THE SMITHSONIAN | EMERALD |
| A STUNNING PINK TYPE OF THIS GEM IS SOMETIMES HARVESTED FROM THE QUEEN CONCH | PEARL |
| SUNLIGHT MAY CHANGE THE COLOR OF THIS TRADITIONAL NOVEMBER BIRTHSTONE THAT'S OFTEN A SUNNY SHADE OF YELLOW | TOPAZ |
| THE NAME OF THIS JEWELED ORNAMENT IS PRONOUNCED LIKE SOMETHING YOU DO TO "THE SUBJECT" | BROOCH |
| LEGACY RINGS INSPIRED BY THE EDWARDIAN ERA ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THIS PREEMINENT FIFTH AVENUE JEWELER | TIFFANY |
| MISS TAMBLYN KNOWS THAT LOTS OF JEWELRY IS MADE FROM THIS BROWNISH-YELLOW FOSSIL RESIN | AMBER |
| IN 1974 THE NEWLY DISCOVERED GEM TSAVORITE GOT ITS NAME, DERIVED FROM THIS CONTINENT'S TSAVO NATIONAL PARK | AFRICA |
| THE NAME OF THIS ROMANTIC RING COMES FROM AN OLD IRISH FISHING VILLAGE THAT'S NOW PART OF GALWAY | CLADDAGH |
| AT HER 1953 CORONATION, SHE WORE SPECIAL GOLD BRACELETS REPRESENTING SINCERITY AND WISDOM | QUEEN ELIZABETH II |
| MISS MANNERS SAYS IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS PROPER TO WEAR A STRAND OF THESE, BUT NEVER WITH YOUR BATHING SUIT | PEARLS |
| THIS TERM FOR A NARROW LOAF OF FRENCH BREAD ALSO DESCRIBES THIS CUT OF DIAMOND | BAGUETTE |
| BLUE, A LINE OF JEWELRY FROM THIS BRITISH POTTERY COMPANY, IS INSPIRED BY THE JASPER WARE IT HAS PRODUCED SINCE THE 1700S | WEDGWOOD |
| THIS VARIETY OF CHRYSOBERYL IS NAMED FOR A 19TH-C. CZAR, NOT MOI | ALEXANDRITE |
| THE "STACK" TYPES OF THESE ARE DESIGNED SO THAT YOU CAN WEAR 2 OR MORE ON THE SAME FINGER | RINGS |
| THE REGENT, A FAMOUS ONE OF THESE GEMS, WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE PITT (IN HONOR OF SIR THOMAS PITT) | DIAMOND |
| YOU CAN GAZE AT THE FRENCH CROWN JEWELS IN THE GALERIE D'APOLION OF THIS FRENCH MUSEUM | LOUVRE |
| THIS WORLD-FAMOUS BLUE GEM IS NAMED FOR ONE OF ITS FORMER OWNERS, HENRY PHILIP HOPE | HOPE DIAMOND |
| TIFFANY SELLS A COLLECTION OF JEWELRY MADE TO LOOK LIKE THIS WOODY GRASS CONSUMED BY PANDAS | BAMBOO |
| PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I SHOW THAT SHE WORE NECKLACES OF THESE MOLLUSK GEMS | PEARLS |
| THIS OCTOBER BIRTHSTONE OFTEN HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND BUT DISPLAYS A RAINBOW OF COLORS IN BRIGHT LIGHT | OPAL |
| THE FIRST OF THESE CRYSTALLINE CARBON GEMS DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AFRICA WAS FOUND IN 1867 | DIAMOND |
| THESE GREEN BERYLS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM CLEOPATRA'S MINES REDISCOVERED AROUND 1816 | EMERALDS |
| THIS TYPE OF SAPPHIRE CONTAINS NEEDLES OF THE MINERAL RUTILE, THAT REFLECT LIGHT IN 6 RAYS | STAR SAPPHIRE |
| THIS SANGUINE MARCH BIRTHSTONE IS DARK GREEN CHALCEDONY SPOTTED WITH RED JASPER | BLOODSTONE |
| IN THE 1930S CARROLL F. CHATHAM INVENTED A PROCESS TO CREATE THESE GREEN GEMS ARTIFICIALLY | EMERALDS |
| THIS HIGHLY PRIZED FORM OF CORUNDUM GETS ITS RED COLOR FROM MINUTE AMOUNTS OF CHROMIUM | RUBIES |
| THE WATERS NORTH OF AUSTRALIA YIELD LARGE SILVER-WHITE ONES OF THESE | PEARLS |
| IN 1847 LOUIS CARTIER FOUNDED AN ELEGANT JEWELRY FIRM IN THIS CAPITAL CITY | PARIS |
| ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MINES FOR THESE GREEN GEMS IS FOUND AT MUZO, COLOMBIA | EMERALDS |
| THE JONKER, A 726-CARAT GEM OF THIS KIND, WAS DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1934 | DIAMOND |
| IT'S THE COLOR OF THE STAR OF INDIA, A FAMOUS 563-CARAT SAPPHIRE | BLUE |
| TYPES OF THESE PIECES OF JEWELRY INCLUDE SCHOOL, SIGNET, AND WEDDING | RINGS |
| WITH ITS DEEP RED COLOR, THE SPINEL IS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR THIS PRECIOUS STONE | RUBY |
| SIMULATED PEARLS MAY BE GLASS BEADS COVERED WITH THESE | FISH SCALES |
| AN ENGLISH ART CRITIC SAID THIS GEM "SHOWS THE MOST GLORIOUS COLORS TO BE SEEN IN THE WORLD.." | OPALS |
| RENAISSANCE WOMEN WORE SEVERAL NECKLACES AT A TIME, OFTEN MADE OF THESE MOLLUSK GEMS | PEARLS |
| PERIDOTS ARE OFTEN THIS SHADE OF GREEN THAT MAY REMIND YOU OF A MARTINI GARNISH | OLIVE |
| THE 128-CARAT TIFFANY DIAMOND WAS DISCOVERED IN THIS COUNTRY'S FAMOUS KIMBERLEY MINE | SOUTH AFRICA |
| MANY FINE FIRE OPALS COME FROM QUERETARO IN THIS NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRY | MEXICO |
| THE MOST HIGHLY VALUED RUBIES ARE A DEEP RED COLOR KNOWN AS "... BLOOD" | PIGEON BLOOD |
| IT IS SAID THAT THIS GEM'S LUSTER WILL BE REVEALED EVEN IF THE STONE IS HIDDEN BENEATH THICK CLOTHING | RUBY |
| GEM THAT MIGHT BE NAMED FOR A POMEGRANATE, WHOSE SEEDS IT RESEMBLES | GARNET |
| GEM WHOSE NAME IS FROM THE LATIN FOR "SEAWATER" | AQUAMARINE |
| THIS GEM, ALSO CALLED HELIOTROPE, MEANING "SUN-TURNING" IS SOMETIMES USED AS THE BIRTHSTONE FOR MARCH | BLOODSTONE |
| WEALTHY PARENTS IN INDIA WOULD SPRINKLE TINY ONES OVER THE HEADS OF INFANTS TO KEEP THEM PURE AND INNOCENT | DIAMONDS |
| ACCORDING TO LEGEND, NOAH USED ONE OF THESE GEMS TO LIGHT HIS ARK | GARNET |
| ITS SHAPE AND LUMINOSITY EXPLAIN ITS DESIGNATION AS GEM OF THE MOON | PEARL |
| THE GREEKS BELIEVED THIS YELLOW GEM, NAMED FOR AN ISLAND IN THE RED SEA, GUARDED AGAINST CALAMITY | TOPAZ |
| THIS GEM, SUPPOSED TO BRING PROSPERITY, TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE FRENCH WORD FOR "TURKISH" | TURQUOISE |
| THIS GOLDEN-YELLOW GEM SOUNDS LIKE A FRUIT RELATED TO LEMONS OR LIMES | CITRINE |
| THIS BLUE-PURPLE GEM IS FOUND MAINLY IN THE EAST AFRICAN COUNTRY FOR WHICH IT IS NAMED | TANZANITE |
| THIS GEM WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 1880S IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS AND NAMED FOR THE LEADER OF THE DISCOVERER'S NATION | ALEXANDRITE |
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