Juwel

Definitions of Juwel
  1. noun
    a small and delicately worked piece
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    Schmuck, Schmuckstück
    an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
  2. noun
    a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
    synonyms: Edelstein
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    Brillant, Diamant
    a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
    Rubin
    a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
    Perle
    a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
    Smaragd
    a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
    type of:
    Schmuck, Schmuckstück
    an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
  3. noun
    a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry
    synonyms: Edelstein
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    Chrysoberyll
    a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone
    Granat
    any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
    Opal
    a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones
    Amethyst
    a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone
    Aquamarin
    a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color
    Katzenauge, Kymophan
    any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape
    Chalcedon, Chalzedon, Milchquarz
    a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
    Chrysolith, Olivin, Peridot
    a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
    Citrin, Zitrin
    semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz
    Jade
    a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
    Jaspis
    an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
    Kunzit
    a pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone
    Lapis, Lapislazuli, Lasurit, Lasurstein
    an azure blue semiprecious stone
    Mondstein
    a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar
    Saphir
    a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
    Topas
    a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone
    Turmalin
    a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones
    Kallait, Türkis
    a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
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    Kristall
    a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
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