Gemstones

A gemstone (also called a gem, fine gem, jewel, precious stone or semi-precious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli) or organic materials that are not minerals (such as amber or jet) are also used for jewelry and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their luster or other physical properties that have aesthetic value. Rarity is another characteristic that lends value to a gems ...more

The Book Thief
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
The Little Prince
Pride and Prejudice
1984
The Alchemist
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
The Secret History
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
The Night Circus
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Diamonds on Novel Covers
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingSylvester and the Magic Pebble by William SteigThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Sunshine Stone by Foster Henderson
Magic Stones
127 books — 14 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Secret Pearl by Mary BaloghThe Serpent and the Pearl by Kate QuinnMidnight Pearls by Debbie Viguié
A String of Pearls
164 books — 10 voters

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Jewelry Box
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What would Johnny Depp read?
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Abhijit Naskar
If you pick up a stone on the beach and put it in your pocket, and the very next day something good happens to you, you may start having the belief that that stone is lucky for you. So, you hold on to it as a lucky charm. Now this is completely acceptable self-preservation mechanism, but when fraudsters start selling such stones to the meek and vulnerable, that is not only unacceptable, but downright criminal.
Abhijit Naskar, Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon

John Ruskin
Let us suppose that this ounce of mud is left in perfect rest, and that its elements gather together, like to like, so that their atoms may get into the closest relations possible. Let the clay begin. Ridding itself of all foreign substance, it gradually becomes a white earth, already very beautiful; and fit, with help of congealing fire, to be made into finest porcelain, and painted on, and be kept in kings’ palaces. But such artificial consistence is not its best. Leave it still quiet to foll ...more
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