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The Healing Powers of Gems and Stones
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Break out your Medicine Bags! This is a quiz for those who have studied the healing powers that our Mother Earth has bestowed on her many mysterious minerals.
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Tough
10 Q
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Leah457
Feb 27 04
909 plays
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Gemstones
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An assortment of questions all about gemstones. Good Luck!
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Tough
10 Q
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LMN
Jun 28 02
4278 plays
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Adamantine Fire: the Diamond
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The greatest diamonds are given proper names and gather a history and legends all their own. Meet some of the most celebrated diamonds ever described!
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ragiel
Sep 07 03
579 plays
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Gemstones
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This is a quiz to test your knowledge on gemstones and birthstones.
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Tough
10 Q
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vegeta_nz
Aug 07 03
3015 plays
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The Jet Set
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An easy quiz about the gemstone, Jet.
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Tough
10 Q
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helen295
Aug 20 03
612 plays
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Gems: Myths and Legends
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Following is some useless trivia about gems and jewels.
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Difficult
10 Q
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ravenskye
Mar 03 01
3054 plays
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Guilding the Stone-January
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This is the first of the Quiz Makers Guild 2009 monthly quizzes about birthstones. According to the American Gem Society, the Garnet is the official birthstone of those born in January. Enjoy, and look for the February quiz!
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Difficult
10 Q
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drushalli
Jan 15 09
369 plays
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Gold in Thailand
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Did you know that Thailand has a unique and prosperous gold industry? Try this quiz to test your knowledge about this fascinating market.
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Difficult
10 Q
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nw1
Jun 24 05
360 plays
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Green Heat, Green Sugar: Emerald
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My favorite stone and my astrological talisman. This quiz was difficult for me to compose, perhaps for just that reason.
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Difficult
10 Q
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ragiel
Jul 05 04
534 plays
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The Ancient Sky: Sapphire
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Tales of the sapphire could fill more than one quiz! All folklore and legend cited here can be found in George F. Kunz's book "The Curious Lore of Precious Stones." Other sources list more; I limited myself to one source to keep this quiz's length down!
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Difficult
10 Q
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ragiel
Sep 09 03
555 plays
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A Flash from the Dawn of Time: Diamonds III
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Much more than a mystical symbol or ultimate jewel, the history of diamonds extends backward to the birth of the universe.
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ragiel
Feb 23 04
411 plays
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Like a Queen in her Radiance: the Pearl
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This quiz is about historic natural pearls. Perhaps I'll look at cultured pearls another time.
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Difficult
10 Q
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ragiel
Sep 15 03
456 plays
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To Assist the Goddess: the Cultured Pearl
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The pearl: an irritating speck is trapped inside an oyster. Iridescent nacre flows over it and hardens. Then, in perhaps one of ten thousand shells, the rarest gem in nature forms. If the process were assisted, could every woman be radiant as a queen?
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Very Difficult
20 Q
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ragiel
Jan 12 04
234 plays
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Assorted Gems
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This is a quick, but possibly diffucult quiz on all kinds of gemstones from precious to semi-precious to not so precious. Have fun!
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Tough
10 Q
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qvc-n-softball
Jan 13 02
1659 plays
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Cold as Ice: Diamonds II
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A glance at my bookshelf shows that diamonds have at least as fascinating a place in history as they do in lore and legend. Here's just the facts...
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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ragiel
Jan 04 04
714 plays
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Your Birthstone
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Do you know your birthstones? Take this easy quiz to see.
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Average
10 Q
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poodog
Apr 13 03
5943 plays
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Diamonds and Gemstones
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This is a quiz for all the people out there that love diamonds and gemstones.
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Tough
10 Q
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tigerjewel
Mar 17 01
2748 plays
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