| abraxas |
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a magical name which in antiquity was often
engraved on a gem as a charm.
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| morion |
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a dark variety of smoky quartz.
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| padparadschah |
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a synthetic orange sapphire.
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| Venus hairstone |
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a quartz crystal containing acicular rutile.
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| prase |
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a leek-green cryptocrystalline chalcedony.
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| balas |
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a rose-red species of spinel.
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| schorl |
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black tourmaline.
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| carbonado |
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to score and broil; a piece of meat so cooked.
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| ustulate |
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scorched, blackened.
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| carbonado |
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a Brazilian variety of black diamond.
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| girasol |
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an opal; a Jerusalem artichoke.
adjectivally, opalescent blue-white, with
reddish reflections. [
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| adularescent |
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(of gemstones, esp. |adularia|, an opalescent
orthoclase) having a cloudy, bluish luster.
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| smaragd |
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an emerald. (adj. "smaragdine")
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| pyrope |
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a type of garnet, used as a gem. [< Gk
/pyro~po's/ fire-eyed]
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| macle |
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(crystallography, obs.) a twin.
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