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Agate.
Amber.
Amethyst.
Aquamarine:
Staring into aquamarine and amethyst - Kinsale Drake "Rebuke//Spell"
Aquamarine Pisces gems for eyes - Denise Dumars "The Golem"
Angled slats of aquamarine - Campbell McGrath "Joseph Brodsky in Venice (1981)"
Beryl.
Carbuncle:
Windows of agates, and gates of carbuncles - Frances E.W. Harper "The Building"
Carnelian:
A branch of carnelian to serve as food - "The Ch'u Tz'u: Encountering Sorrow" transl. by Burton Watson
Lands of lapis and red carnelian - Enheduana "The Hymn to Inana" transl. by Sophus Helle
A lamina of coral and carnelian - Jacqueline Osherow "Inspiration Point, Bryce Canyon, Utah"
Chalcedony:
Paved with copper and chalcedony - Richard Aldington "On a Motor-Bus at Night"
Burnished like chalcedony - Clinton Scollard "A Sea Scene"
Chrysolite:
Girt by a colonnade of crysolite - Rufus Dawes "Marriage" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.5, Nov. 1841]
Citrine:
Irradiated with citrine moonglow - Sarah Cannavo "Lemon Drop"
Crystal.
Diamond.
Emerald.
Garnet:
Unanswered red garnet - Hoa Nguyen "Overseas Vietnamese"
That dark garnet of a husband - Kiki Petrosino "Prospera"
each new days i show my garnet arms - Ojo Taiye "Elegiac: Unfinished Draft of Hauwa Liman's Humanitarian Work"
A garnet stone to match my gift - Ts'ao Chih "Rhyme-Prose on the Goddess of Lo" transl. by Burton Watson
Gem.
Jade/Jaded.
Jasper.
Jet.
Jewel.
Lapis:
Concealing a lapiz lode of heart - Mouna Ammar "The Meaning of Unpacking"
Lands of lapis and red carnelian - Enheduana "The Hymn to Inana" transl. by Sophus Helle
A mesh of moonrock's lapis soup - Amy King "The Moon in Your Breath"
A sea-gull of lapis lazuli - Marianne Moore "Talisman"
Malachite.
Moonstone.
Obsidian.
Onyx.
Opal.
Peridot:
Dazzling as a piece of raw peridot - Richard Scott "Peridot"
Lime cordial, molten peridot - Richard Scott "Peridot"
To recover some peridot shard - Richard Scott "Peridot"
Quartz.
Rock.
Rhinestone:
A backdrop of black velvet and rhinestones - John Gallaher "And the Moon on Its Stem Will Steal You Away"
Rhinestones dressing up inevitability - Marisca Pichette "Are You A Good Witch"
Good and bad like rhinestones dressing up inevitability - Marisca Pichette "Are You a Good Witch"
Rhodonite:
One flame in a glow of green-veined rhodonite - Richard Butler Glaenzer "Star-Magic"
Ruby.
Sapphire.
Soapstone:
Uprooting soapstone and jade - dg nanouk okpik "For-The-Spirits-Who-Have-Rounded-The-Bend IIVAQSAAT"
Stone.
Tigereye:
A tigereye banded five kinds of gold - Maggie Smith "Poem Beginning with a Line from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
Topaz.
Tourmaline:
To lay tourmalines and tinted glass - Leah Bobet "Full Fathom Five"
In an hour colored tourmaline - Saeed Jones "Hour Between Dog & Wolf"
Tourmaline to smooth my tongue - R.B. Lemberg "Long Shadow"
Turquoise.
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Agate.
Amber.
Amethyst.
Aquamarine:
Staring into aquamarine and amethyst - Kinsale Drake "Rebuke//Spell"
Aquamarine Pisces gems for eyes - Denise Dumars "The Golem"
Angled slats of aquamarine - Campbell McGrath "Joseph Brodsky in Venice (1981)"
Beryl.
Carbuncle:
Windows of agates, and gates of carbuncles - Frances E.W. Harper "The Building"
Carnelian:
A branch of carnelian to serve as food - "The Ch'u Tz'u: Encountering Sorrow" transl. by Burton Watson
Lands of lapis and red carnelian - Enheduana "The Hymn to Inana" transl. by Sophus Helle
A lamina of coral and carnelian - Jacqueline Osherow "Inspiration Point, Bryce Canyon, Utah"
Chalcedony:
Paved with copper and chalcedony - Richard Aldington "On a Motor-Bus at Night"
Burnished like chalcedony - Clinton Scollard "A Sea Scene"
Chrysolite:
Girt by a colonnade of crysolite - Rufus Dawes "Marriage" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.5, Nov. 1841]
Citrine:
Irradiated with citrine moonglow - Sarah Cannavo "Lemon Drop"
Crystal.
Diamond.
Emerald.
Garnet:
Unanswered red garnet - Hoa Nguyen "Overseas Vietnamese"
That dark garnet of a husband - Kiki Petrosino "Prospera"
each new days i show my garnet arms - Ojo Taiye "Elegiac: Unfinished Draft of Hauwa Liman's Humanitarian Work"
A garnet stone to match my gift - Ts'ao Chih "Rhyme-Prose on the Goddess of Lo" transl. by Burton Watson
Gem.
Jade/Jaded.
Jasper.
Jet.
Jewel.
Lapis:
Concealing a lapiz lode of heart - Mouna Ammar "The Meaning of Unpacking"
Lands of lapis and red carnelian - Enheduana "The Hymn to Inana" transl. by Sophus Helle
A mesh of moonrock's lapis soup - Amy King "The Moon in Your Breath"
A sea-gull of lapis lazuli - Marianne Moore "Talisman"
Malachite.
Moonstone.
Obsidian.
Onyx.
Opal.
Peridot:
Dazzling as a piece of raw peridot - Richard Scott "Peridot"
Lime cordial, molten peridot - Richard Scott "Peridot"
To recover some peridot shard - Richard Scott "Peridot"
Quartz.
Rock.
Rhinestone:
A backdrop of black velvet and rhinestones - John Gallaher "And the Moon on Its Stem Will Steal You Away"
Rhinestones dressing up inevitability - Marisca Pichette "Are You A Good Witch"
Good and bad like rhinestones dressing up inevitability - Marisca Pichette "Are You a Good Witch"
Rhodonite:
One flame in a glow of green-veined rhodonite - Richard Butler Glaenzer "Star-Magic"
Ruby.
Sapphire.
Soapstone:
Uprooting soapstone and jade - dg nanouk okpik "For-The-Spirits-Who-Have-Rounded-The-Bend IIVAQSAAT"
Stone.
Tigereye:
A tigereye banded five kinds of gold - Maggie Smith "Poem Beginning with a Line from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
Topaz.
Tourmaline:
To lay tourmalines and tinted glass - Leah Bobet "Full Fathom Five"
In an hour colored tourmaline - Saeed Jones "Hour Between Dog & Wolf"
Tourmaline to smooth my tongue - R.B. Lemberg "Long Shadow"
Turquoise.
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