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a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament
traditionally, the gemstone for someone born in May is an emerald
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“Gemstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gemstone. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.
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