GEMS & JEWELRY
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| show | EMERALD
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| IN SONG, THIS JULY BIRTHSTONE PRECEDES "TUESDAY" | show 🗑
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| show | DIAMOND
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| show | PEARL
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| show | SAPPHIRE
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| ANOTHER DEFINITION FOR IT IS A BASEBALL FIELD | show 🗑
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| THE NAME OF THIS MARCH BIRTHSTONE IS MADE UP OF 2 WATER RELATED WORDS | show 🗑
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| THIS FEB. BIRTHSTONE IS A VIOLET VARIETY OF QUARTZ | show 🗑
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| IN A 1969 HITCHCOCK FILM, A SPY RING HAS THIS CODE NAME, ALSO NOVEMBER'S BIRTHSTONE | show 🗑
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| A PLANT WITH BUMPY, DARK GREEN LEAVES IS CALLED THIS MAY BIRTHSTONE "RIPPLE" | show 🗑
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| show | PEARL
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| show | AMETHYST
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| YOU'LL RARELY SEE A FLAW IN THIS SEA-COLORED GEM THAT'S A BIRTHSTONE FOR MARCH | show 🗑
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| show | RUBIES
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| AT 563 CARATS, THE STAR OF INDIA, A BLUE ONE OF THESE, IS A BIT LARGE FOR A PINKY RING | show 🗑
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| THE "IMPERIAL" TYPE OF THIS NOVEMBER BIRTHSTONE IS HIGHLY PRIZED FOR ITS GOLDEN HUES | show 🗑
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| show | GARNET & RUBY
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| THESE OCTOBER BIRTHSTONES MAY LOSE THEIR COLOR & CRACK IF ALLOWED TO DRY OUT | show 🗑
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| MANY OF THESE GEMS, ONE OF JUNE'S BIRTHSTONES, COME FROM SRI LANKA, NOT THE LUNAR SURFACE | show 🗑
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| IN THE 1930S THE JAPANESE BEGAN CULTURING THESE GEMS IN LAKE BIWA USING MUSSELS | show 🗑
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| show | DIAMOND
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| show | JADE
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| show | AMBER
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| THE NAME OF THIS SKY-BLUE STONE, INTRODUCED INTO EUROPE DURING THE CRUSADES, IS FROM THE OLD FRENCH FOR "TURK" | show 🗑
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| THE BRITISH MUSEUM HAS MYSTERIOUS TUBES CALLED CONG, CARVED OF THIS GREEN GEMSTONE CHERISHED IN CHINA | show 🗑
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| GREEN SERPENTINE IS MADE INTO A GEMSTONE THAT'S A COMMON SUBSTITUTE FOR THIS ONE | show 🗑
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| IT HAS THE HIGHEST REFRACTIVE INDEX OF ANY NATURAL GEMSTONE | show 🗑
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| show | AMBER
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| show | TURQUOISE
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| THE PRODUCT OF A LIVING ORGANISM, IT'S THE BIRTHSTONE FOR JUNE | show 🗑
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| THE MOHS SCALE IS USED TO JUDGE THIS QUALITY OF GEMS; A DIAMOND RATES A 10 | show 🗑
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| THIS TERM IS USED FOR RED VARIETIES OF THE GEM CORUNDUM | show 🗑
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| STAR SAPPHIRES CONTAIN NEEDLES OF THE MINERAL RUTILE THAT REFLECT LIGHT IN STARLIKE RAYS, USUALLY THIS MANY | show 🗑
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| show | AFRICA
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| show | ROCK HOUND
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| show | SARDONYX
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| THIS UNIT OF WEIGHT USED FOR GEMSTONES EQUALS 200 MILLIGRAMS | show 🗑
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| show | JADE
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| show | SCOTLAND
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| IN CONSTRAST TO THE RED TYPES, THE UVAROVITE FORM OF THIS GEMSTONE IS A FINE GREEN | show 🗑
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| show | LAPIDARY
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| show | LAPIDARY
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| show | NEPHRITE
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| show | RUBY
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| show | JADE
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| show | JADE
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| ALEXANDRITE & THIS "FELINE" GEMSTONE ARE VARIETIES OF THE SAME MINERAL | show 🗑
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| DEPOSITS NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE ORANGE RIVER HAVE BEEN A RICH SOURCE OF THESE PRECIOUS GEMSTONES | show 🗑
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| THE "SHERRY" TYPE OF THIS GOLDEN GEMSTONE IS SOMETIMES HEATED TO TURN IT PINK | show 🗑
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| show | LAPIS LAZULI
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| show | AMETHYST
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| THIS ADJECTIVE COULD MEAN "WORLD-WEARY" OR "COVERED WITH GREEN GEMSTONES" | show 🗑
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| THE NAME OF THIS GEMSTONE CAME FROM THE GREEK "SMARAGDOS", WHICH PROBABLY MEANT ANY GREEN STONE | show 🗑
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| show | PETRIFIED WOOD
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| A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER IN THIS STATE GEMSTONE OF NEW MEXICO GIVES IT ITS BLUISH COLOR | show 🗑
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| show | SAPPHIRE
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| THE NAME OF THIS GEMSTONE IS FROM THE PERSIAN "ZARGUN" MEANING GOLD-COLORED | show 🗑
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| INTAGLIO AND CAMEO ARE PRINCIPAL FORMS OF DOING THIS TO GEMSTONES | show 🗑
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| THIS RED GEM IS THE TRADITIONAL GIFT FOR A 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY | show 🗑
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| show | NACRE
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| THIS GEM IS NAMED FOR BEING THE COLOR OF SEA WATER | show 🗑
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| L. FRANK BAUM HAD THIS BIRTHSTONE, THE SAME AS THE NAME OF A CITY HE CREATED | show 🗑
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| show | OPAL
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| show | BRACELET
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| ONCE REPORTEDLY WORN IN A SULTAN'S BELT BUCKLE, A 75-CARAT ONE OF THESE GREEN GEMS IS NOW IN THE SMITHSONIAN | show 🗑
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| show | PEARL
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| show | TOPAZ
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| THE NAME OF THIS JEWELED ORNAMENT IS PRONOUNCED LIKE SOMETHING YOU DO TO "THE SUBJECT" | show 🗑
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| LEGACY RINGS INSPIRED BY THE EDWARDIAN ERA ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THIS PREEMINENT FIFTH AVENUE JEWELER | show 🗑
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| MISS TAMBLYN KNOWS THAT LOTS OF JEWELRY IS MADE FROM THIS BROWNISH-YELLOW FOSSIL RESIN | show 🗑
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| show | AFRICA
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| show | CLADDAGH
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| AT HER 1953 CORONATION, SHE WORE SPECIAL GOLD BRACELETS REPRESENTING SINCERITY AND WISDOM | show 🗑
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| show | PEARLS
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| THIS TERM FOR A NARROW LOAF OF FRENCH BREAD ALSO DESCRIBES THIS CUT OF DIAMOND | show 🗑
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| show | WEDGWOOD
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| THIS VARIETY OF CHRYSOBERYL IS NAMED FOR A 19TH-C. CZAR, NOT MOI | show 🗑
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| show | RINGS
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| THE REGENT, A FAMOUS ONE OF THESE GEMS, WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE PITT (IN HONOR OF SIR THOMAS PITT) | show 🗑
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| YOU CAN GAZE AT THE FRENCH CROWN JEWELS IN THE GALERIE D'APOLION OF THIS FRENCH MUSEUM | show 🗑
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| show | HOPE DIAMOND
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| TIFFANY SELLS A COLLECTION OF JEWELRY MADE TO LOOK LIKE THIS WOODY GRASS CONSUMED BY PANDAS | show 🗑
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| PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I SHOW THAT SHE WORE NECKLACES OF THESE MOLLUSK GEMS | show 🗑
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| THIS OCTOBER BIRTHSTONE OFTEN HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND BUT DISPLAYS A RAINBOW OF COLORS IN BRIGHT LIGHT | show 🗑
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| show | DIAMOND
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| show | EMERALDS
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| show | STAR SAPPHIRE
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| show | BLOODSTONE
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| show | EMERALDS
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| THIS HIGHLY PRIZED FORM OF CORUNDUM GETS ITS RED COLOR FROM MINUTE AMOUNTS OF CHROMIUM | show 🗑
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| show | PEARLS
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| show | PARIS
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| show | EMERALDS
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| THE JONKER, A 726-CARAT GEM OF THIS KIND, WAS DISCOVERED IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1934 | show 🗑
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| IT'S THE COLOR OF THE STAR OF INDIA, A FAMOUS 563-CARAT SAPPHIRE | show 🗑
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| show | RINGS
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| show | RUBY
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| SIMULATED PEARLS MAY BE GLASS BEADS COVERED WITH THESE | show 🗑
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| show | OPALS
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| show | PEARLS
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| PERIDOTS ARE OFTEN THIS SHADE OF GREEN THAT MAY REMIND YOU OF A MARTINI GARNISH | show 🗑
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| THE 128-CARAT TIFFANY DIAMOND WAS DISCOVERED IN THIS COUNTRY'S FAMOUS KIMBERLEY MINE | show 🗑
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| show | MEXICO
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| THE MOST HIGHLY VALUED RUBIES ARE A DEEP RED COLOR KNOWN AS "... BLOOD" | show 🗑
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| show | RUBY
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| GEM THAT MIGHT BE NAMED FOR A POMEGRANATE, WHOSE SEEDS IT RESEMBLES | show 🗑
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| show | AQUAMARINE
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| THIS GEM, ALSO CALLED HELIOTROPE, MEANING "SUN-TURNING" IS SOMETIMES USED AS THE BIRTHSTONE FOR MARCH | show 🗑
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| WEALTHY PARENTS IN INDIA WOULD SPRINKLE TINY ONES OVER THE HEADS OF INFANTS TO KEEP THEM PURE AND INNOCENT | show 🗑
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| show | GARNET
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| ITS SHAPE AND LUMINOSITY EXPLAIN ITS DESIGNATION AS GEM OF THE MOON | show 🗑
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| show | TOPAZ
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| show | TURQUOISE
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| show | CITRINE
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| show | TANZANITE
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| THIS GEM WAS DISCOVERED IN THE 1880S IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS AND NAMED FOR THE LEADER OF THE DISCOVERER'S NATION | show 🗑
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