jewel

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Imperial State Crown from the collection of the British Crown Jewels

As jewels (of altfr. Joel ) all types of precious jewelery , particulary those that one or more in noble metal combined gems included.

Occasionally, high-quality, cut gemstones without setting are also referred to as jewels.


See also: jeweler , crown jewels

Web links

Commons : Jewels  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Juwel  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer among other things: Etymological dictionary of German. dtv, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-423-03358-4 , page 605
  2. ^ A b Walter Schumann: Precious stones and gemstones. All kinds and varieties. 1900 unique pieces . 16th revised edition. BLV Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-8354-1171-5 , pp. 11 .
  3. ↑ Ulrich Henn: Gemstone Dictionary . Ed .: German Gemmological Society. Self-published, Idar-Oberstein 2001, ISBN 3-932515-24-2 , p. 48 .