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- Cat's eye:
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Any of a diversity of gems, such as chrysoberyl
and some forms of chalcedony, that are chatoyant when cut in a smoothed
shape.
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- Crown:
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The upper part of a engrave diamond or stone above
the girdle.
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- Chrysocolla:
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Chrysocolla is an attractive blue-green color and
is slight ore of its copper, having a rigidity of 2.6 to 3.5. It is
typically also used as an ornamental stone. It is naturally found
as glassy botryoidally and rounded ample and crusts, or vein fillings.
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- Citrine:
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Citrine is one of the majority precious and affordable
gemstones, thanks to the toughness and accessibility of this golden
quartz. Named from the actual French name for lemon," citron," a lot
of citrines has a good juicy lemon color.
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- Coral:
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Corals are extremely small cnidarians, and most
of which form colonies bound jointly by secreted calcium carbonate.
They obtain much of their energy from symbiotic algae called as zooxanthellae,
and so are dependent on sunlight
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- Cubic Zirconia:
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A man-made, artificial stone used as an economical
alternative to a diamond or other colored stone. Note: Zircon is a
ordinary gem which has no connection with cubic zirconia.
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