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  1. What is the most expensive gem ever sold at auction?
  2. What gemstone changes color from daylight to incandescent light?
    (Hint: named after a czar.)
  3. What gemstone was named after its country of origin in 1969?
  4. What organic gem is made of tiny organisms and can range in color from red to pink to white, even black?
  5. What gemstone is found in all colors except red?
  6. Tsavorite is the name given to a rich green form of what gemstone?
  7. Some of the Crown Jewels of England were first thought to be rubies. Actually, what stones are they?
  8. Wear this gemstone for protection against drunkenness.
  9. Love watermelon? Then, you’ll love this particular gemstone.
  10. According to legend, Neptune, the King of the Sea, gave this stone as a gift to mermaids.

The answers are: 1. Pink Diamond  2. Alexandrite 3. Tanzanite 4. Coral 5. Sapphire 6. Garnet 7. Red Spinel 8. Amethyst 9. Tourmaline 10. Aquamarine