Rubies, sapphires and diamonds are valuable minerals because they are rare and the cut prices reflect it.
There are many minerals that are valued for beauty and rarity. These minerals can be seen as precious gemstones for example.
There are many of gem quality: ruby, emerald, beryl, diamond; and even those not of gem quality: quartz, gold, galena, pyrite.
Gemstone
Diamonds
Gemstones
Turquoise
gems
According to Quotation #28892 from Classic Quotes: "Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration" - a sentiment ascribed to Apuleius.
Beauty
The definition of hue is color. Appearance could also relate to color, or if the mineral has cleavage or is fractured. Cleavage refers to the formation of a mineral in layers, and fracture is when a mineral has no specific formation pattern. These characteristics are visible. How a mineral appears is what it looks like.
Beauty spots, watch out theres one on your face!
No. Horses are very commonly fed the same sort of mineral that is intended for cattle.
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yes
Because a solid is a material in that given state, water can be a solid without being a mineral and many other things that aren't solid at normal temp can be solid without being a mineral.
Gemstone is a mineral or organic material that has been selected for its beauty, durability, and rarity and then used to make jewelry or other human adornments.
An example of an allusion in "Eragon" is when the character Arya is described as having "eyes like emerald stones," which alludes to her beauty and mysterious aura, similar to how emeralds are valued for their beauty and rarity in the real world.
Upon their rarity, quality and the person in question
beauty and rarity
400$ a ounce
Beauty, rarity, and consumer demand.
they are swans and they represent beauty elegance and rarity.
gemstones
Fine Art.