TRANSPARENT GEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transparent gem mean? 

• TRANSPARENT GEM (noun)
  The noun TRANSPARENT GEM has 1 sense:

1. a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion

  Familiarity information: TRANSPARENT GEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSPARENT GEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("transparent gem" is a kind of...):

gem; gemstone; stone (a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transparent gem"):

moonstone (a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar)

tourmaline (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)

topaz (a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone)

aventurine; sunstone (a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals)

hiddenite (a green transparent form of the mineral spodumene used as a gemstone)

sapphire (a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone)

water sapphire (a deep blue cordierite often used as a gemstone)

ruby (a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers)

peridot (a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone)

morganite (a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone)

garnet (any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive)

kunzite (a pinkish lilac crystal form of the mineral spodumene that is used as a gemstone)

emerald (a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone)

adamant; diamond (very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem)

citrine (semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz)

chrysoprase (a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone)

chrysolite (a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone)

calcedony; chalcedony (a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz)

aquamarine (a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color)

amethyst (a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone)