Gems - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: gemsGemmeous
Pertaining to gems of the nature of gems resembling gems...
Begem
To adorn with gems or as with gems...
Gemmaceous
Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmaelig of the nature of or resembling gems or gemmaelig...
Indiadem
To place or set in a diadem as a gem or gems...
Intaglio
A cutting or engraving a figure cut into something as a gem so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material hence anything so carved or impressed as a gem matrix etc opposed to cameo Also used adjectively...
Beryl
A mineral of great hardness and when transparent of much beauty It occurs in hexagonal prisms commonly of a green or bluish green color but also yellow pink and white It is a silicate of aluminum and beryllium The aquamarine is a transparent sea green variety used as a gem The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry and distinguished by its deep color which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium...
Cadrans
An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing...
Cats eye
A variety of quartz or chalcedony exhibiting opalescent reflections from within like the eye of a cat The name is given to other gems affording like effects esp the chrysoberyl...
Chrysoberyl
A mineral found in crystals of a yellow to green or brown color and consisting of aluminia and glucina It is very hard and is often used as a gem...
Chrysolite
A mineral composed of silica magnesia and iron of a yellow to green color It is common in certain volcanic rocks called also olivine and peridot Sometimes used as a gem The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz...
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