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gemstones gemstones
gemstones Gemstones are minerals esteemed for their qualities of beauty, durability, and rarity. Beauty is generally perceived as a good clear colour and transparency, as shown by fine emeralds or rubies. Beauty may also result from a play of colours or an attractive sheen, as in diamond and... Read more
Hymen Hymen
Hymen or Hymenaeus , in Greek mythology, personification of marriage, represented as a beautiful youth carrying a bridal torch and wearing a veil.... Read more
Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1994), a musical fantasy by Linda Woolverton (book), Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman, Tim Rice (lyrics). [Palace Theatre, still running.] The timeless tale of an arrogant prince ( Terrence Mann) turned into a beast and saved by the love of a beauty ( Susan Egan) had... Read more
gem gem
gem commonly, a mineral or organic substance, cut and polished and used as an ornament. Gems also are used as seals (items of assurance) and as talismans (good-luck charms). For birthstones, see month . Properties of Gems The qualities sought in gems are beauty, rarity, and durability. The beauty... Read more
cats-eye cats-eye
cat's-eye gemstone that displays a thin band of reflected light on its surface when cut as a cabochon. Its name is derived from its supposed resemblance to the eye of a cat. The optical effect, known as chatoyancy, is caused by the reflection of light from very thin, closely spaced filaments in... Read more
Abbott Handerson Thayer Abbott Handerson Thayer
Thayer, Abbott Handerson (1849–1921). American painter and naturalist. He was born in Boston and trained in New York and Paris. In 1879 he returned to New York, where he became one of the most successful figure painters of the day. Matthew Baigell (Dictionary of American Art, 1979) writes... Read more
chrysoprase chrysoprase
chrysoprase a golden-green precious stone, mentioned in the New Testament (Revelation 21:20) as one of the precious stones in the wall of the New Jerusalem, perhaps a variety of beryl; in the Middle Ages, believed to have the faculty of shining in the dark. Now, an apple-green variety of chalcedony... Read more
The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter
SCARLET LETTER, THE SCARLET LETTER, THE. Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850, the year in which the Clay Compromise postponed the American Civil War, The Scarlet Letter is a romance set in the years from 1642 to 1649, when Puritans were fighting the English civil war over the... Read more
spinel spinel
spinel magnesium aluminum oxide, MgAl 2 O 4 , a mineral crystallizing in the isometric system, usually as octahedrons. It occurs as an accessory mineral in basic igneous rocks, in aluminum-rich metamorphic rocks, and in contact-metamorphosed limestones. Common spinel usually ranges in color from... Read more
Phototherapy Phototherapy
Light therapy Definition Light therapy refers to two different categories of treatment, one used in mainstream medical practice and the other in alternative/complementary medicine. Mainstream light therapy (also called phototherapy) includes the use of ultraviolet light to... Read more

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