GEMS & JEWELRY Word Scramble

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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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