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Ramón López Velarde, from Song of the Heart: Selected Poems; “Canonization”

pendeloque: a drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant

toadstone: a small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet

pearlaceous: resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly

mundil: a turban ornamented with imitation job or silver embroidery

margaritiferous: producing pearls

feitsui: a pale green variety of jade, highly prized in China

kincob: India silk brocaded with flowers in silver or gold

caracoly: an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, used to make jewelry of inferior quality

clinquant: glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery

cacholong: 1. an opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; 2. a similar variety of opal

lecanomancy: divination by interpreting the sound or effect of an object or substance falling into a body of water. gems are commonly used

goltschut: a small ingot of gold or silver, formerly used as money in Asia

parure: a set of jewelry meant to be worn together

dactylomancy: divination by various methods using rings, such as silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets

exornation: ornament; decoration; embellishment

oroide: an alloy of copper and zinc or tin that has a gold color, used in making inexpensive jewelry

reliquary: 1. a container to hold or display religious relics; 2. an object that sustains the memory of past people or events

ewer: a kind of widemouth pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle

tsavorite: a dark green garnet

grevillea: any of many Australian shrubs and trees in the genus of Grevillea

parterre: 1. a flowerbed, particularly an elevated one; 2. a garden with paths between such flowerbeds; 3. a part of the section of theatre seats located on the ground floor, on the same level as the orchestra; 4. an apartment balcony 

carcanet: a richly decorative collar