semiprecious in English

adjective
1
denoting minerals that can be used as gems but are considered to be less valuable than precious stones.

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1. Both precious and semiprecious gems may be Cabbed

2. Azurite's brilliant color adds to its popularity in creating semiprecious stones.

3. The meaning of Beryle is "light green semiprecious gemstone"

4. Buy gold bracelets and necklaces with semiprecious gems to add sparkle to you wardrobe.

5. The trophy was made of pure gold with a base of semiprecious stones.

6. A semiprecious variety of crystallized quartz, purple or violet in color and used for jewelry.

7. Mosaics semiprecious stones sparkle, adding to the sensation of being enclosed in an oversized jewelry box.

8. Amethyst, a transparent, coarse-grained variety of the silica mineral quartz that is valued as a semiprecious gem for its violet colour

9. Almandine, either of two semiprecious gemstones: a violet-coloured variety of ruby spinel (q.v.) or iron aluminum garnet, which is most abundant of the garnets

10. The pigment was often made from ground semiprecious stones such as lapis lazuli and the binder made from either gum arabic or egg white.

11. Carnelian, a translucent, semiprecious variety of the silica mineral chalcedony that owes its red to reddish brown colour to colloidally dispersed hematite (iron oxide)

12. Carnelian, also called Cornelian, a translucent, semiprecious variety of the silica mineral chalcedony that owes its red to reddish brown colour to colloidally dispersed hematite (iron oxide)

13. Agate, common semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Agate is essentially quartz, and its physical properties are in general those of that mineral

14. This beautiful mineral is considered a gem or semiprecious stone with tonalities similar to the sun, the most frequent of them are the red color, brown, or reddish orange, this characteristic is given by the presence of iron in it.When you look at a Cornelian stone you will notice that it has a vitreous glow and very particular white stripes that give a very beautiful