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- Beryl:
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Beryl occurs in a diversity of colors including
green, yellow, greenish-yellow, blue to blue-green, red, colorless
and also pink. There are wide references to beryl as a gemstone in
folk lore.
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- Bloodstone:
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Bloodstone is soft green jasper stippled with red
spots from iron oxide. A type of chalcedony it is also referred as
Heliotrope. Bloodstone is a comparatively soft stone and is one of
the ancient birthstones for February or March.
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- Brass:
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Brass is an alloy naturally of 60% copper and 40%
zinc.
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- Bronze:
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Bronze is an alloy of at slightest 60% copper and
tin or other metals.
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