Challenge your expertise with this hard-level crossword focused on specialized vocabulary in rare gemstone lore, including mineralogy, crystallography, and gem treatments.
Enigmatic Treasures of Rare Gemstones is a medium crossword puzzle with 12 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Enigmatic Treasures of Rare Gemstones
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- 1. Name means 'golden spar', known for cat's eye effect
- 2. Extremely rare cyan-blue gem first found in Sri Lanka
- 4. Rare blue gemstone discovered only in California
- 5. Often confused with ruby, this red gem has been valued for centuries
- 8. Opaque gemstone with patterns often associated with ancient mythologies
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- 3. Color-changing gemstone prized for shifting from green to red shades
- 6. Gemstone famed for its shimmering light resembling the moon
- 7. Gemstone known as water-sapphire, used historically by Vikings for navigation
- 9. Rare blue-violet stone found exclusively near Mount Kilimanjaro
- 10. A gemstone that shares a name with a mineral essential for bones
- 11. Pink to violet gem named after a famous American mineralogist
- 12. Often mistaken for diamond, this gem is one of the oldest minerals
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