Brazilian emerald
Americannoun
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a green variety of tourmaline used as a gem: not a true emerald.
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a pale yellowish-green beryl too light to be classified as a true emerald.
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Department of Customs and Border Protection contacted the Brazilian government to say the Sheriff’s Department was in possession of a massive Brazilian emerald.
From Los Angeles Times
Lithia emerald is the mineral called hiddenite; Uralian emerald is a name given to demantoid; Brazilian emerald is merely green tourmaline; evening emerald is the peridot; pyro-emerald is fluorspar which phosphoresces with a green glow when heated; and “mother of emerald” is generally a green quartz or perhaps in some cases a green felspar.
From Project Gutenberg
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