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October gem

Else clues

• ___ Fruits (Starburst candy, originally)

• ___ glass

• Fiery gemstone

• Fire gem

• Fire stone

• How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life

• How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life (Kaavya Viswanathan novel in the news)

• How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life (plagiarized 2006 novel)

• 10 gem

• 10 stone?

• 14th anniversary gift

• 1995 hurricane

• 1995 hurricane that damaged the Florida Panhandle

• 2008 Mars probe discovery

• A birthstone

• A gem of a lady?

• A gem of a name?

• Amorphous silica stone

• Apt name for a gemologist?

• Aussie gem

• Aussie gemstone

• Aussie mine find

• Australia's gemstone

• Australia's national gem

• Australia's national gemstone

• Australian export

• Australian gem

• Australian mine find

• Australian mineral

• Australian mineraloid

• Author Whitely

• Autumn birthstone

• Autumn gem

• Autumnal stone

• Birthstone

• Birthstone after sapphire

• Birthstone before topaz

• Birthstone between sapphire and topaz

• Birthstone following sapphire

• Birthstone for a Libra

• Birthstone for many a Libra

• Birthstone for many Librans

• Birthstone for most Libras

• Birthstone for October

• Birthstone for some

• Birthstone for some Libras

• Birthstone for some Scorpios

• Birthstone of autumn

• Birthstone of many Libras

• Birthstone of some Librans

• Birthstone of someone born on Halloween

• Black or fire gem

• Black or harlequin

• Black or harlequin follower

• Brilliant stone (4)

• Bringer of bad luck, in legend

• Cacholong

• Certain birthstone

• Certain gem

• Certain gemstone

• Classic symbol of bad luck

• Colorful gem

• Colorful mineral

• Colorful stone

• Columbus Day baby's birthstone

• Columbus Day birthstone

• Common name for hydrous silica

• Coober Pedy mine find

• Destructive 1995 hurricane

• Dorothy Lyman's All My Children role

• Dorothy Lyman's soap role

• Down Under gem

• Down Under gemstone

• Down Under stone

• Earl Pickles' comic strip wife

• Earl Pickles' wife, in the comic strip Pickles

• Earl's wife in the comic strip 'Pickles'

• Earring material, often

• Fall birthstone

• Fall gemstone

• Fall stone

• Fiery birthstone

• Fiery gem

• Fiery stone

• Find from Down Under

• Find in a down-under mine

• Fire ___

• Fire ___ (girasol)

• Fire or black gem

• Firey gemstone

• Fitting October gift

• Flame Queen ___ (famous gemstone)

• Flashy gem

• Floatstone, for example

• Form of silica

• Form of silicon dioxide

• Friend of Pearl and Ruby?

• Friend of Ruby and Beryl?

• Friend of Ruby, Beryl, and Pearl?

• Gem

• Gem aka oculus mundi

• Gem for a Libra

• Gem for a Libra, maybe

• Gem for Jimmy Carter

• Gem for some Libras

• Gem for which Palo Alto gave a lot

• Gem found on Mars

• Gem from Australia

• Gem from the Latin for precious stone

• Gem mined in Australia

• Gem mined mainly in Australia

• Gem of the oldest continent

• Gem penned by Hopalong (4)

• Gem producing a play of colors

• Gem signifying hope

• Gem stone

• Gem usually finished en cabochon

• Gem with a play of color

• Gemstone found in New Mexico

• Gemstone from Australia

• Gemstone from Down Under

• Geraldine Chaplin in Nashville

• Geraldine Chaplin's Nashville role

• Geyserite

• Geyserite, e.g.

• Geyserite, for one

• Gift for some Scorpios

• Girasol

• Girasol, e.g.

• Girasol, for one

• Glassy silica

• Good luck charm of the Middle Ages

• Good name for a gemologist

• Grandmother in the comic strip Pickles

• Gray shade

• Halloween baby's birthstone

• Halloween birthstone

• Harlequin ___ (varicolored stone)

• Heroine of Because of Winn-Dixie

• Hyalite

• Hyalite, e.g.

• Hydrophane or isopyre

• Hydrophane, e.g.

• Insulation material

• Iridescent form of silica

• Iridescent gem

• Iridescent gemstone

• Iridescent jewel

• Iridescent mineral

• Iridescent stone

• Isopyre, e.g.

• It has a play of colors

• It may be black or harlequin

• It may be fiery

• It may be found in a ring

• It's 6.5 on the Mohs scale

• It's a form of hydrated silica

• It's a real gem

• It's formed from silica

• It's found in a ring

• It's iridescent

• It's less dense than quartz

• It's mined in South Australia

• It's softer than quartz

• It's worn by some Libras

• Jeweler's mineraloid

• Jewelry gem

• John Lennon's birthstone

• Julia Roberts' birthstone

• Kind of glass

• Kind of glass or lamp

• Libra's birthstone

• Libra's birthstone, maybe

• Libra's gem

• Libra's stone

• Libra's stone, perhaps

• Libran's stone, maybe

• Lustrous gem

• Lustrous stone

• Material used in the faces of the clock above the information stand in Grand Central Terminal

• Memorable 1995 hurricane

• Memorable 1995 hurricane with a gem of a name?

• Menilite

• Menilite is one

• Mexican export

• Mexican gem

• Mid-Mohs scale mineral

• Milky birthstone

• Milky gem

• Milky gemstone

• Milky stone

• Milky white gem

• Milky white mineral

• Milky white stone

• Mineral formed from silica

• Mineral made of silica

• Moonstone

• Moonstone, nontechnically

• Multicolored gem

• Multicolored gemstone

• Multicolored stone

• National gemstone of Australia

• Nelson's grandmother in the comic strip Pickles

• Nevada gemstone

• Notorious '95 hurricane

• Oct. birthstone

• Oct. stone

• Oct.'s gem

• October birthstone

• October gemstone

• October stone

• October symbol

• October's jewel

• Oculus mundi

• Off-white hue

• Off-white shade

• Official gem of South Australia

• Onyx, in part

• Opaque gem

• Outback gem

• Outback mineral

• Pearly gem

• Pearly stone

• Pendant gem

• Pendant option

• Picasso's birthstone

• Pick for a pendant

• Pied gem, often

• Play-of-color gem

• Play-of-color gemstone

• Play-of-color stone

• Porous gem

• Porous gemstone

• Precious Australian export

• Precious girl's name?

• Precious mineraloid

• Precious stone

• Producer of a colorful ring tone

• Quartz variety

• Queensland gem

• Queretaro gem

• Ring gem

• Ring rock

• Ring stone

• Scorpio stone

• Scorpio's birthstone

• Scorpio's birthstone, maybe

• Scorpio's stone, perhaps

• Semi-precious Australian export

• Semi-precious stone

• Semiprecious gem

• Shade of blue

• Shade of gray

• Shade of white

• Shimmering gem

• Shimmering stone

• Shimmery stone

• Silica derivative

• Silica gem

• Silica mineral

• Silica stone

• Silica-based mineral

• Siliceous gem

• Silicon dioxide stone

• Smoky stone

• Solitaire item

• Solitaire stone

• Some Librans' birthstone

• Source of fame for Australia's Andamooka Fields

• South Australia's state gemstone

• Sparkly gemstone

• Stone called oculus mundi in medieval times

• Stone dug up down under

• Some varieties are used as gemstones

• A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color