of the gem's luster, transparency, or "brilliance". Very transparent gems are considered "first water", while "second" or "third water" gems are those...

Precious Gems is a compilation album by the band Ruby, containing tracks from their two studio albums from 1977 and 1978. "Running Back to Me" (Fogerty...

metals appear prominently in such hierarchies, but as they grow, gems and semi-precious materials may be introduced as part of the system. The sequences...

Egyptian clothing was filled with a variety of colors. Adorned with precious gems and jewels, the fashions of the ancient Egyptians were made for not...

company also trades in precious commodities, rough diamonds, manufactures and distributes polished diamonds, precious/semi-precious gems and jewellery. The...

Cardinal gems are gemstones which have traditionally been considered precious above all others. The classification of the cardinal gems dates back to antiquity...

shields, a number of unset precious gems, numerous plates and other dining services cast in precious metals and encrusted with gems, and several other more...

Turkish form of the Arabic female given name Zaynab. Zeynep means "precious rock, precious gem" and may refer to: Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946), Turkish scholar...

number of precious gems stolen in a notorious jewelry heist by Jack Roland Murphy and two accomplices. In January 1965, nine of the stolen gems, including...

LXXXII, 570–580; Charles William King, Antique Gems (2d ed., London, 1872); —, The Natural History of Gems or Decorative Stones (2d ed., London, 1870);...