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Gemstones are rare stones, which are usually processed and incorporated into jewelry and decorative objects. Gemstones have the following characteristics: Beauty. This includes visual aspects such as color, shine, fire, transparency and light effects. Durability. This involves looking at hardness, fragility/cleavage and chemical resistance. Rarity. This involves looking at how often a product occurs in nature. Gemstones can be cut in many different shapes. The basic distinction is made between cabochon, where the gemstone is cut into a convex shape, and faceted, where the surface of the gemstone is cut into different facets. When cutting, different properties of the stone are considered, including the colour, colour distribution, inclusions, special light effects, dispersion and fracture and cutting surfaces. They are processed into necklaces, earrings, bracelets and many other pieces of jewellery, but the gemstones are also used in industry for processing. Well-known gemstones include diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, aquamarine, topaz, tourmaline, amethyst, citrine, carnelian, opal, onyx, turquoise, lapis lazuli and garnet. In the 18th and early 19th century it was fashionable to make jewellery in which someone's name or initials were incorporated. When choosing the gemstones, the first letter of the name of the gemstone was used as a guide, and thus the gemstone alphabet came into being. Similar achrosticon jewellery was also made during the nineteenth century in which sentiments were expressed in gemstones. The best known is the English 'regard' ring, an engagement ring in which the word 'regard' was formed by the gemstones ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, diamond