transparent gem

1. 1.

   a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion

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Questions about transparent gem

What does transparent gem mean?

transparent gem means "a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion".

Is transparent gem a common word?

transparent gem is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.