All That GLitters Riddle?!
Question: If you like pretty gems that sparkle and shine,
I invite you to dig in my virtual mine.
My first is purple, fit for a king,
My second is green where Dorothy did her thing.
My third is red, July's birthstone as well,
My fourth is seen in strings and is found inside a shell.
My fifth is hard, pure Carbon and expensive to buy,
My sixth is Crocidolite, striped like the big cat's eye.
Seventh is two words, a man-made fake of April's stone,
Eighth is very dark and found at Lightning Ridge alone.
Now take from each gem, one letter in its turn,
And you will find the stuff for which even the gods yearn.
Answers: If you like pretty gems that sparkle and shine,
I invite you to dig in my virtual mine.
My first is purple, fit for a king,
My second is green where Dorothy did her thing.
My third is red, July's birthstone as well,
My fourth is seen in strings and is found inside a shell.
My fifth is hard, pure Carbon and expensive to buy,
My sixth is Crocidolite, striped like the big cat's eye.
Seventh is two words, a man-made fake of April's stone,
Eighth is very dark and found at Lightning Ridge alone.
Now take from each gem, one letter in its turn,
And you will find the stuff for which even the gods yearn.
The gems are:
Amethyst (It's color purple... and purple is the color for kings)
Emerald (Emerald City where Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz went...)
Ruby (It's red and it is July's birthstone)
Pearl (Pearls are seen on strings and came from the inside of an oyster shell)
Diamond (It is an allotrope of carbon and of course very expensive...)
Tiger's eye (Crocidolite is the chemical name of the stone commonly known as tiger's eye)
Cubic Zirconium (April's stone is diamond and Cubic Zirconium is the nearest fake diamond often used in jewelry)
Black Opal (Lightning Ridge in Australia is Famous for Black Opal)
A --- first letter of Amethyst,
M --- second of eMerald
B ---Third of ruBy
R --- fourth of peaRl
O --- fifth of diamOnd
S --- sixth of tiger'S eye
I ---- seventh of cubic zIrconian
A --- eight of black opAl
Ambrosia - The food of the gods.
The gems are Amethyst, Emerald (Emerald city - Wizard of OZ), Ruby, Pearl (From inside oyster shell), Diamond, Tiger's eye, Cubic, Zirconium (Fake diamond), Black Opal, Taking the first letter of Amethyst, second of Emerald etcetera gives Ambrosia - The food of the gods
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