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Cat's eye:

Any of a diversity of gems, such as chrysoberyl and some forms of chalcedony, that are chatoyant when cut in a smoothed shape.

 

Crown:

The upper part of a engrave diamond or stone above the girdle.

 

Chrysocolla:

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.

 

Citrine:

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.

 

Coral:

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

 

Cubic Zirconia:

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.