Word 1 of 10: AMETHYST
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- AMETHYST
- The name comes from a Greek word meaning not intoxicated, because the ancient Greeks believed the purple stone kept wine from going to your head.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PERIDOT
- It's one of the few gems that comes in only one color, an olive to lime green, and it's also found in meteorites.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- AMBER
- Strictly speaking it's not a mineral at all but fossilized tree resin, sometimes with a small insect caught inside.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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About Gemstones
Ruby and sapphire are the same mineral, corundum, and only the color separates them: red is ruby, and every other shade is called sapphire. For centuries jewelers ranked stones as precious (diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald) or semiprecious, a sorting that lumped amethyst, garnet and opal into the second tier. Opal is mostly silica and water, and Australia produces the bulk of the world's supply. Plenty of the so-called lesser stones are lovelier than their rank suggests, and the old labels have mostly fallen out of use in the trade.
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