Gemstone

"I come from the elfin king’s demesne With chrysolite, hyacinth, tourmaline; I have emeralds here of living green; I have rubies, each like a cup of wine; And diamonds, diamonds that never have been Outshone by eyes the most divine!"

"About thy neck a carcanet is bound, Made of the ruby, pearl and diämond: A golden ring that shines upon thy thumb: About thy wrist, the rich dardanium. Between thy breasts (than down of swans more white) There plays the sapphire with the chrysolite. No part besides must of thyself be known, But by the topaz, opal, chalcedon."

"When your spirit no longer shines, you crave gems."

"My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice! the law! my ducats and my daughter! A sealèd bag, two sealèd bags of ducats, Of double ducats, stol’n from me by my daughter! And jewels, two stones, two rich and precious stones, Stol’n by my daughter! Justice! find the girl, She hath the stones upon her and the ducats."

"An emerald is as green as grass; A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A lies in the mud.A diamond is a brilliant stone, To catch the world’s desire; An holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds fire."

"Why there, there, there, there! A diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort! The curse never fell upon our nation till now, I never felt it till now. Two thousand ducats in that, and other precious, precious jewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear; would she were hearsed at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin."

"You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace."

"“The emerald is a natural emerald, which makes it slightly more valuable than an artificial one.” “How do you know?” I asked. She’d made the judgment a split second after she’d put the ring into the laser scanner. “Natural gems have flaws,” the jeweler said. “Artificial gems are perfect.”"

"Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created."

"Dont waste the Earth — It is our Jewel!"

"How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of an artist’s hands,"

"If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies."