Guide to Pronunciation of Selected Web Lecture and Web Essay Terms

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A: acicular, adamantine, adularescence, Akoya, allochromatic, alluvial, almandite garnet, ametrine, ammolite, Andalusite, angelsite, annealing, apatite, aventurescence

B: baleen, baroque, Benitoite, beryl, beryllium, birefringence, boule, bort, botryoidal, Bruneau jasper, briolette, bruter, bryssolite

C: cabochon, calcareous, carat, carnelian, cassiterite, chalcedony, Charoite, chatoyance, Chelsea filter, chiastolite, chrome diopside, chromophores, chrysoberyl, chrysoprase, clinohumite, conchiolin, conchoidal, copal, corundum, covellite, culet, cuvette, cryptocrystalline, Czrochralski

D: Danburite, DeBeers, demantoid, diaphaneity, dichroscope, discoid fracture, drusy

E: eluvial, enhydro, exsolution

F: faience, faux, fluorescence

G: GGG (Gadolinium gallium garnet), Gemesis, girasol, Goethite, Goshenite, grossularite

H: hololith, Howlite, hydrogrossular

I: idiochromatic, intaglio, intarsia, iolite

J: jamb peg

K: karat, kimberlite, Kunzite, kyanite

L: labradorescence, lamproite, lapidary, lapis lazuli, Larimar, lepidocrosite, limonite, lithification, loupe

M: maacle, Mabe, "Maxixe", meerschaum, melee, mesolite, methylene iodide, Mikimoto, Mohs, Moldavite, momme, Moissanite, Mookaite jasper

N: nacre, nanometer, nephrite

O: opalescence, "Oro Verde"

P: padparashah, pavilion pectolite, pegmatite, peridot, petalite, petrifaction, Pezzottaite, phenakite, pietra dura, pleochroism, plique a jour, prasiolite, Prehnite, proteinaceous, pyrope garnet

Q:

R: refraction, Refractol, refractometer, rhodocrosite, "Royal Azel", rutilated quartz, rutile

S: sawyer, scaife, scapolite, scheelite, scrimshaw, scrimshander, serefinite, shiller, soude, Spessartite, sphalerite, sphene, spinel, spodumene, staurolite, striae, strontium titanite, Sumitomo, Swarovski

T: Tanzanite, trapiche, trigons

U: uvarovite

V: vanadinite, Verneuil, vitreous

W:

X:

Y: YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet)

Z: zoisite

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