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Terms to use with gems:
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bejeweled
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beveled
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brilliant
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briolette (pear-shaped or oval gem, especially a diamond, cut in long triangular facets)
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cabochon
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chipped
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chiseled
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cloudy
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crushed
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dangling
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dull
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dusted
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encrusted
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faceted
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flawed
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flawless
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glittering
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inlaid
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inset
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intaglio (a cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, such as a gem)
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jagged
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petal-cut
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polished
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rough-cut
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smashed
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sparkling
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unblemished
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winking
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Gem shapes/cuts
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baguette
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brilliant cut
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cabochon
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crescent
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emerald cut
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heart
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marquise cut
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oval
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pear
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pentagram
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princess cut
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round
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scarab
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square
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star
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tear
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teardrop
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Materials – gems / minerals
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agate (blue lace, mottled)
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amber
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amethyst
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banded sardonyx stone
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beryl
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black opal
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blazestar
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bloodjewel
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carnelian (a pale to deep red or reddish-brown variety of clear chalcedony)
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cat's eye
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chalcedony (a milky or grayish translucent to transparent quartz)
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chrysoberyl gem
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clear blue gem
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coral (red, pink, blue, cat's-paw)
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chrysoprase (An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster)
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crystal
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deathstone
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diamond (uncut, yellow, blue, black, dragon's-tear)
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dragonfire opal
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dragon's-tear ruby
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dreamstone
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emerald
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faenor-bloom
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feystone
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fire pearl
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firestone
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garnet (red, green)
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gold dust
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gold nugget
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golden beryl gem
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golden rhimar-bloom
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green alexandrite stone
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ivory
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jacinth
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jade (green, yellow, white, brown)
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jasper (yellow, red)
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lapis lazuli
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light pink morganite stone
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malachite
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moonstone
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nugget (gold, platinum)
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obsidian
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onyx
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opal (white, black, fire, blue-white frost)
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pearl (white, pink, fire, black)
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peridot
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pink rhodocrosite stone
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platinum nugget
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quartz (milky, smoky, rose, carnelian, shard of rainbow)
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ruby (star, dragon's tear)
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sapphire (blue, green, pink, yellow, violet, star, deep blue mermaid's-tear, dragonsbreath)
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sard (a clear or translucent, deep orange-red to brownish-red variety of chalcedony. Also called sardius)
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sardonyx
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spinel (blue, red)
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star ruby
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starstone
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tigerfang crystal
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topaz (golden, clear)
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tourmaline (yellow, blue, clear, pink, green)
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turquoise
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zircon (brown, blue, yellow, snowflake)
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Seashells
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abalone shell
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coquina shell
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chiton shell
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clam shell
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conch shell
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cowrie shell
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helmet shell
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nassa shell
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pectin shell
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Solhaven Bay scallop shell
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spiral shell
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tegula shell
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Terms to use with shells
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banded
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cap (ie purple-cap)
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checkered
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lynx
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polished
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speckled
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spined
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striated
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tiger
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