Look up: rhinestone

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   rhinestone
   [n] - an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste
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   rhinestone
   1A colourless quartz much used by 19thC jewellers. 2 Term often used c. 1900 for multicoloured glass stones. 3 Modern term for any coloured glass paste.
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   Rhinestone
   Rhine'stone` noun [ Confer German rheinkiesel Rhine quartz.] A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.
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   rhinestone
   noun an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste
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   Rhinestone
   A `rhinestone` or `paste` is a diamond simulant made from rock crystal, glass or acrylic. Originally, rhinestones were rock crystals gathered from the river Rhine. The availability was greatly increased when around 1775 the Alsatian jeweller Georg Friedrich Strass (:de:Georg Friedrich Strass, from Straßburg) had the idea to imitate diamonds by coating the lower side of glass with metal powder. Hence, rhinestones are called `Strass` in many Euro...
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   Rhinestone
   • (n.) A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.
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   rhinestone
   colourless, faceted glass used in jewelry; also foil-backed or silvered cut glass used to imitate diamonds. Originally used to designate gemstones ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/43