colored stone

American  

noun

Jewelry.

1. any gemstone, colored or colorless, other than a diamond.

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Example Sentences

Mariana Makramalla is usually hunched over a table, snipping small pieces of colored stone with pliers in her family’s mosaics workshop in the western Jordan town of Madaba.

From Washington Times

Rings set with colored stone flashed on his fingers.

From Literature

He had noticed with a terrible pang of fear that the drops were falling on a face, depicted in tiny pieces of colored stone.

From Literature

Colored stone tiles representing different armies and sea monsters shifted around as the forces changed position.

From Literature

Inside, light filters serenely through marble panels, softly illuminating the colored stone’s veins.

From Washington Times